An eightfold optical quasicrystal with cold atoms

作者:Jagannathan Anuradha*; Duneau Michel
来源:EPL, 2013, 104(6): 66003.
DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/104/66003

摘要

We propose a means to realize two-dimensional quasiperiodic structures by trapping atoms in an optical potential. The structures have eightfold symmetry and are closely related to the well-known quasiperiodic octagonal (Ammann-Beenker) tiling. We describe the geometrical properties of the structures obtained by tuning parameters of the system. We discuss some features of the corresponding tight-binding models, and experiments to probe quantum properties of this optical quasicrystal.

  • 出版日期2013-12

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