Observation of photon-assisted tunneling in optical lattices

Details Observation of photon-assisted tunneling in optical lattices Observation of photon-assisted tunneling in optical lattices

2007-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/0709.3137v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.040404

We have observed tunneling suppression and photon-assisted tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice subjected to a constant force plus a sinusoidal shaking. For a sufficiently large constant force, the ground energy levels of the lattice are shifted out of resonance and tunneling is suppressed; when the shaking is switched on, the levels are coupled by low-frequency photons and tunneling resumes. Our results agree well with theoretical predictions and demonstrate the usefulness of optical lattices for studying solid-state phenomena.

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