Preparation and spectroscopy of a metastable Mott insulator state with attractive interactions

Details Preparation and spectroscopy of a metastable Mott insulator state with attractive interactions Preparation and spectroscopy of a metastable Mott insulator state with attractive interactions

2012-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/1201.1008v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

7 pages, 6 figures

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We prepare and study a metastable attractive Mott insulator state formed with bosonic atoms in a three-dimensional optical lattice. Starting from a Mott insulator with Cs atoms at weak repulsive interactions, we use a magnetic Feshbach resonance to tune the interactions to large attractive values and produce a metastable state pinned by attractive interactions with a lifetime on the order of 10 seconds. We probe the (de-)excitation spectrum via lattice modulation spectroscopy, measuring the interaction dependence of two- and three-body bound state energies. As a result of increased on-site three-body loss we observe resonance broadening and suppression of tunneling processes that produce three-body occupation.

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