From atom optics to quantum simulation
Subtitle: interacting bosons and fermions in three-dimensional optical lattice potentials
By: Sebastian Will
Series: Springer theses; Springer theses
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9783642336324
Subjects: Interacting boson-fermion models; Low temperatures; Optical lattices
Description: This thesis explores ultracold quantum gases of bosonic and fermionic atoms in optical lattices. The highly controllable experimental setting discussed in this work, has opened the door to new insights into static and dynamical properties of ultracold quantum matter. One of the highlights reported here is the development and application of a novel time-resolved spectroscopy technique for quantum many-body systems. By following the dynamical evolution of a many-body system after a quantum quench, the author shows how the important energy scales of the underlying Hamiltonian can be measured with high precision.  This achievement, its application, and many other exciting results make this thesis of interest to a broad audience ranging from quantum optics to condensed matter physics. A lucid style of writing accompanied by a series of excellent figures make the work accessible to readers outside the rapidly growing research field of ultracold atoms.
Notes: Vita.

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany."

Includes bibliographical references.