Colloquium: Atomic quantum gases in periodically driven optical lattices

A Eckardt - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Time-periodic forcing in the form of coherent radiation is a standard tool for the coherent
manipulation of small quantum systems like single atoms. In the last years, periodic driving …

Tools for quantum simulation with ultracold atoms in optical lattices

F Schäfer, T Fukuhara, S Sugawa, Y Takasu… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
After many years of development of the basic tools, quantum simulation with ultracold atoms
has now reached the level of maturity at which it can be used to investigate complex …

Experimental realization of the topological Haldane model with ultracold fermions

G Jotzu, M Messer, R Desbuquois, M Lebrat… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The Haldane model on a honeycomb lattice is a paradigmatic example of a Hamiltonian
featuring topologically distinct phases of matter. It describes a mechanism through which a …

Quantum simulations with ultracold quantum gases

I Bloch, J Dalibard, S Nascimbene - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Ultracold quantum gases offer a unique setting for quantum simulation of interacting many-
body systems. The high degree of controllability, the novel detection possibilities and the …

Quantum fluids of light

I Carusotto, C Ciuti - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
This article reviews recent theoretical and experimental advances in the fundamental
understanding and active control of quantum fluids of light in nonlinear optical systems. In …

Imaging topological edge states in silicon photonics

M Hafezi, S Mittal, J Fan, A Migdall, JM Taylor - Nature Photonics, 2013 - nature.com
Topological features—global properties not discernible locally—emerge in systems ranging
from liquid crystals to magnets to fractional quantum Hall systems. A deeper understanding …

Realization of the Hofstadter Hamiltonian with ultracold atoms in optical lattices

M Aidelsburger, M Atala, M Lohse, JT Barreiro… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
We demonstrate the experimental implementation of an optical lattice that allows for the
generation of large homogeneous and tunable artificial magnetic fields with ultracold atoms …

Symmetry and topology in non-Hermitian physics

K Kawabata, K Shiozaki, M Ueda, M Sato - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
Non-Hermiticity enriches topological phases beyond the existing Hermitian framework.
Whereas their unusual features with no Hermitian counterparts were extensively explored, a …

New perspectives for Rashba spin–orbit coupling

A Manchon, HC Koo, J Nitta, SM Frolov, RA Duine - Nature materials, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract In 1984, Bychkov and Rashba introduced a simple form of spin–orbit coupling to
explain the peculiarities of electron spin resonance in two-dimensional semiconductors …

Equilibration, thermalisation, and the emergence of statistical mechanics in closed quantum systems

C Gogolin, J Eisert - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review selected advances in the theoretical understanding of complex quantum many-
body systems with regard to emergent notions of quantum statistical mechanics. We cover …