Published February 10, 2006 | Version v1
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Atomic Current across an Optical Lattice

Creators

  • 1. Kirensky Institute of Physics, 660036 Krasnoyarsk (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme, Noethnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden (Germany)
  • 3. Physik Department, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, James-Franck-Strasse, 85747 Garching (Germany)

Description

We devise a microscopic model for the emergence of a collision-induced, fermionic atomic current across a tilted optical lattice. Tuning the--experimentally controllable--parameters of the microscopic dynamics allows us to switch from Ohmic to negative differential conductance

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.050404;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0509602v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
96
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 050404-050404.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37082883
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; BEAM OPTICS; COLLISIONS; CURRENTS; FERMIONS

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Notes
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