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 …

Finite-temperature transport in one-dimensional quantum lattice models

B Bertini, F Heidrich-Meisner, C Karrasch, T Prosen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
Over the last decade impressive progress has been made in the theoretical understanding
of transport properties of clean, one-dimensional quantum lattice systems. Many physically …

Cold-atom quantum simulators of gauge theories

JC Halimeh, M Aidelsburger, F Grusdt, P Hauke… - Nature Physics, 2025 - nature.com
Gauge theories constitute the basis of the Standard Model and provide useful descriptions of
various phenomena in condensed matter. Realizing gauge theories on tunable tabletop …

High-fidelity detection of large-scale atom arrays in an optical lattice

R Tao, M Ammenwerth, F Gyger, I Bloch, J Zeiher - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Recent advances in quantum simulation based on neutral atoms have largely benefited from
high-resolution, single-atom sensitive imaging techniques. A variety of approaches have …

Quantum gas microscopy for single atom and spin detection

C Gross, WS Bakr - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
A particular strength of ultracold quantum gases is the range of versatile detection methods
that are available. As they are based on atom–light interactions, the whole quantum optics …

Discovering phases, phase transitions, and crossovers through unsupervised machine learning: A critical examination

W Hu, RRP Singh, RT Scalettar - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
We apply unsupervised machine learning techniques, mainly principal component analysis
(PCA), to compare and contrast the phase behavior and phase transitions in several …

Exploration of doped quantum magnets with ultracold atoms

A Bohrdt, L Homeier, C Reinmoser, E Demler, F Grusdt - Annals of Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decade, quantum simulators, and in particular cold atoms in optical lattices, have
emerged as a valuable tool to study strongly correlated quantum matter. These experiments …

Spin-and density-resolved microscopy of antiferromagnetic correlations in Fermi-Hubbard chains

M Boll, TA Hilker, G Salomon, A Omran, J Nespolo… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The repulsive Hubbard Hamiltonian is one of the foundational models describing strongly
correlated electrons and is believed to capture essential aspects of high-temperature …

Observation of spatial charge and spin correlations in the 2D Fermi-Hubbard model

LW Cheuk, MA Nichols, KR Lawrence, M Okan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Strong electron correlations lie at the origin of high-temperature superconductivity. Its
essence is believed to be captured by the Fermi-Hubbard model of repulsively interacting …

Quantum-gas microscope for fermionic atoms

LW Cheuk, MA Nichols, M Okan, T Gersdorf… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We realize a quantum-gas microscope for fermionic K 40 atoms trapped in an optical lattice,
which allows one to probe strongly correlated fermions at the single-atom level. We combine …