Realizing discontinuous quantum phase transitions in a strongly correlated driven optical lattice
Bo Song, Shovan Dutta, Shaurya Bhave, Jr-Chiun Yu, Edward Carter, Nigel R. Cooper, Ulrich Schneider
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsMetastabilityOptical latticeSuperfluidityQuantum phase transitionCondensed matter physicsPhase transitionMott insulatorUltracold atomQuantum phasesQuantumAmplitudeLattice (music)Quantum fluctuationQuantum mechanicsAcousticsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum many-body systemsQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics