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On the effective Dirac dynamics of ultracold atoms in bichromatic optical lattices

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 نشر من قبل Dirk Witthaut
 تاريخ النشر 2011
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We study the dynamics of ultracold atoms in tailored bichromatic optical lattices. By tuning the lattice parameters, one can readily engineer the band structure and realize a Dirac point, i.e. a true crossing of two Bloch bands. The dynamics in the vicinity of such a crossing is described by the one-dimensional Dirac equation, which is rigorously shown beyond the tight-binding approximation. Within this framework we analyze the effects of an external potential and demonstrate numerically that it is possible to demonstrate Klein tunneling with current experimental setups.



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