Mott Insulator
Superfluid & Mott Insulator
Multiple Matter Wave Interference Pattern
Multiple matter wave interference pattern of a quantum gas released from a 3D optical lattice with more than 100.000 occupied lattice sites. Left: High contrast interference pattern in the superfluid regime; Right: Quantum phase transition to the Mott Insulator regime with no phase coherence
Restoring Coherence (1)
Multiple matter wave interference pattern of a quantum gas released from a 3D optical lattice with more than 100.000 occupied lattice sites. From left to right: High contrast interference pattern in the superfluid regime; Quantum phase transition to the Mott Insulator regime with no phase coherence; Restored coherence after the transition back into the superfluid regime;
Restoring Coherence (2)
description see above; just a different view.
Restoring Coherence (3)
description see above; just a different view.
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