The Fermi-Hubbard model is a key concept in condensed matter physics and provides
crucial insights into electronic and magnetic properties of materials. Yet, the intricate nature …

Optical lattices have emerged as ideal simulators for Hubbard models of strongly correlated
materials, such as the high-temperature superconducting cuprates. In optical lattice …

The fermionic Hubbard model (FHM) describes a wide range of physical phenomena
resulting from strong electron–electron correlations, including conjectured mechanisms for …

Insights into complex phenomena in quantum matter can be gained from simulation
experiments with ultracold atoms, especially in cases where theoretical characterization is …

Ultracold atoms in optical lattices have great potential to contribute to a better understanding
of some of the most important issues in many-body physics, such as high-temperature …

Ultracold atomic gases provide a fantastic platform to implement quantum simulators and
investigate a variety of models initially introduced in condensed matter physics or other …

Motivated by the experimental realization of synthetic spin-orbit coupling for ultracold atoms,
we investigate the phase diagram of the Bose-Hubbard model in a non-Abelian gauge field …

Crystals of trapped atomic ions are among the most promising platforms for the quantum
simulation of many-body quantum physics. Here, we describe recent developments in the …

We study cold atoms in an optical lattice with synthetic spin-orbit coupling in the Mott-
insulator regime. We calculate the parameters of the corresponding tight-binding model …

We show that atoms in an optical lattice can respond cooperatively to resonant incident light
and that such a response can be employed for precise control and manipulation of light on a …