Single-atom-resolved fluorescence imaging of an atomic Mott insulator

Jacob F. Sherson, Christof Weitenberg, Manuel Endres, Marc Cheneau, Immanuel Bloch and Stefan Kuhr ()
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Jacob F. Sherson: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Christof Weitenberg: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Manuel Endres: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Marc Cheneau: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Immanuel Bloch: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Stefan Kuhr: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany

Nature, 2010, vol. 467, issue 7311, 68-72

Abstract: Atoms exposed The ability to detect single quantum particles reliably has revolutionized quantum optics and information processing. For several years, researchers have aspired to achieve a similar feat on a larger scale, by detecting quantum particles in correlated quantum systems such as quantum fluids. This has now been achieved. Sherson et al. report the fluorescence imaging of strongly interacting bosonic Mott insulators comprising a few thousand rubidium-87 atoms in an optical lattice with single-atom and single-site resolution. The high resolution opens new avenues for the manipulation, analysis and applications of strongly interacting quantum gases on a lattice.

Date: 2010
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