Topological bands for ultracold atoms

NR Cooper, J Dalibard, IB Spielman - Reviews of modern physics, 2019 - APS
There have been significant recent advances in realizing band structures with geometrical
and topological features in experiments on cold atomic gases. This review summarizes …

Topological quantum matter with ultracold gases in optical lattices

N Goldman, JC Budich, P Zoller - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Since the discovery of topological insulators, many topological phases have been predicted
and realized in a range of different systems, providing both fascinating physics and exciting …

Realization of two-dimensional spin-orbit coupling for Bose-Einstein condensates

Z Wu, L Zhang, W Sun, XT Xu, BZ Wang, SC Ji, Y Deng… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Cold atoms with laser-induced spin-orbit (SO) interactions provide a platform to explore
quantum physics beyond natural conditions of solids. Here we propose and experimentally …

Topological quantum matter with cold atoms

DW Zhang, YQ Zhu, YX Zhao, H Yan… - Advances in Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This is an introductory review of the physics of topological quantum matter with cold atoms.
Topological quantum phases, originally discovered and investigated in condensed matter …

A Fermi-degenerate three-dimensional optical lattice clock

SL Campbell, RB Hutson, GE Marti, A Goban… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Strontium optical lattice clocks have the potential to simultaneously interrogate millions of
atoms with a high spectroscopic quality factor of 4× 1017. Previously, atomic interactions …

Realization of the Hofstadter Hamiltonian with ultracold atoms in optical lattices

M Aidelsburger, M Atala, M Lohse, JT Barreiro… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
We demonstrate the experimental implementation of an optical lattice that allows for the
generation of large homogeneous and tunable artificial magnetic fields with ultracold atoms …

Light-induced gauge fields for ultracold atoms

N Goldman, G Juzeliūnas, P Öhberg… - Reports on Progress in …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Gauge fields are central in our modern understanding of physics at all scales. At the highest
energy scales known, the microscopic universe is governed by particles interacting with …

Quantum simulations with ultracold quantum gases

I Bloch, J Dalibard, S Nascimbene - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Ultracold quantum gases offer a unique setting for quantum simulation of interacting many-
body systems. The high degree of controllability, the novel detection possibilities and the …

Anomalous Edge States and the Bulk-Edge Correspondence for Periodically<? format?> Driven Two-Dimensional Systems

MS Rudner, NH Lindner, E Berg, M Levin - Physical Review X, 2013 - APS
Recently, several authors have investigated topological phenomena in periodically driven
systems of noninteracting particles. These phenomena are identified through analogies …

Synthetic gauge fields in synthetic dimensions

A Celi, P Massignan, J Ruseckas, N Goldman… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We describe a simple technique for generating a cold-atom lattice pierced by a uniform
magnetic field. Our method is to extend a one-dimensional optical lattice into the …