2009年4月20日
Mott insulator of ultracold alkaline-earth-metal-like atoms
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
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- 巻
- 79
- 号
- 4
- 開始ページ
- 040604-11
- 終了ページ
- 041604-4
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.041604
- 出版者・発行元
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
The transition from a superfluid to a Mott-insulator (MI) phase has been observed in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of ytterbium (Yb) atoms in an optical lattice. An all-optically produced BEC of (174)Yb atoms was loaded into three-dimensional optical lattices produced by a 532 nm laser beam. The interference pattern was measured after releasing the quantum gas from the trapping potential. As increasing the optical lattice depth, we observed the disappearance of the interference patterns, which is a signature of entering the MI regime. This result is an important step into studies by using a combination of the MI state and the ultranarrow optical transition of ultracold alkaline-earth-metal-like atoms.
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- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.041604
- ISSN : 1050-2947
- J-Global ID : 200902271786083325
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000265946900017