News: Research Highlights

Tue January 1, 2008

Dynamic nuclear polarization with single electron spins

J. R. Petta, J. M. Taylor, A. C. Johnson, A. Yacoby, C. M. Marcus, M. P. Hanson, A. C. Gossard, and M. D. Lukin, Dynamic nuclear polarization with single electron spins, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 067601 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Time-Resolved Observation and control of Superexchange Interactions with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices

S. Trotzky, P. Cheinet, S. Foelling, M. Feld, U. Schnorrberger, A. M. Rey, A. Polkovnikov, E. Demler, M. D. Lukin, and I. Bloch, Time-Resolved Observation and Control of Superexchange Interactions with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices, Science 319, 295-299 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Optical Bistability at Low Light Level due to Collective Atomic Recoil

M. Vengalattore, M. Hafezi, M. D. Lukin, and M. G. Prentiss, Optical Bistability at Low Light Level due to Collective Atomic Recoil, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 063901 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

When you can?t find a partner on a dance floor

Pairing of electrons can dramatically change the properties of materials.  When electrons flow in a normal conductor, they feel friction, which causes resistance and heating. At very low temperature, however, electrons can form pairs and flow without friction, forming a superconductor.  Superconductivity is very similar to superfluidity, but involves charged particles. Pairing of unequal partners, in the case above of electrons with spin up and spin down, is the essence of the transition to a superfluid state.  At high temperature, the pairs break up and superfluidity is lost.

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Tue January 1, 2008

Anyonic Interferometry and Protected Pemories in Atomic Spin Lattices

L. Jiang, G. Brennan, A. Gorshkov, K. Hammerer, M. Hafezi, E. Demler, M. D. Lukin, and P. Zoller, Anyonic Interferometry and Protected Pemories in Atomic Spin Lattices, Nature Physics 4, 482-488 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Quantum Many-Body Dynamics of Coupled Double-Well Superlattices

P. Barmettler, A. M. Rey, E. Demler, M. D. Lukin, I. Bloch, and V. Gritsev, Quantum Many-Body Dynamics of Coupled Double-Well Superlattices, Phys. Rev. A 78, 012330 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Coherence of an optically illuminated single nuclear spin qubit

L. Jiang, G. Dutt, E. Togan, L. Childress, P. Cappellaro, J. M. Taylor, and M. D. Lukin, Coherence of an optically illuminated single nuclear spin qubit, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 073001 (2008).
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Mon January 1, 2007

Characterization of topological states on a lattice with Chern number

M. Hafezi, A. S. Sorensen, M. D. Lukin, and E. Demler, Characterization of topological states on a lattice with Chern number, EPL 81, 10005 (2007).
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