Dynamic optical lattices of sub-wavelength spacing for ultracold atoms
arXiv:1506.00558 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.140401
Abstract
We propose a scheme to realize lattice potentials of sub-wavelength spacing for ultracold atoms. It is based on spin-dependent optical lattices with a time-periodic modulation. We show that the atomic motion is well described by the combined action of an effective, time-independent, lattice of small spacing, together with a micro-motion associated with the time-modulation. A numerical simulation shows that an atomic gas can be adiabatically loaded into the effective lattice ground state, for timescales comparable to the ones required for adiabatic loading of standard optical lattices. We generalize our scheme to a two-dimensional geometry, leading to Bloch bands with non-zero Chern numbers. The realization of lattices of sub-wavelength spacing allows for the enhancement of energy scales, which could facilitate the achievment of strongly-correlated (topological) states.
10 pages, 8 figures
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