Precision spectroscopy of ultracold fermions in a triangular optical lattice

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Abstract

Ultracold fermions in optical lattices provide an ideal testing ground for solid-state theories due to the high experimental control and wide range of tunable parameters. It is of substantial interest to probe the elementary excitation spectrum and to measure both the band structure and the filling of the lowest bands. In this talk, we present measurements of the full two-dimensional band structure of ultracold fermions in a triangular lattice using a versatile, fully momentum-resolved spectroscopy method based on lattice amplitude modulation. Our newly implemented lattice setup allows us to tune the tunneling matrix elements in each lattice direction independently. In combination with the high precision of the spectroscopy technique, this is promising for engineering and investigating novel lattice systems with interacting fermionic spin-mixtures and non-equilibrium phenomena in exotic lattice geometries including strong artificial gauge fields.

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Authors

  • Christof Weitenberg

    Institut fuer Laserphysik, Universitaet Hamburg, Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg

  • Nick Flaeschner

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg, Institut fuer Laserphysik, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany

  • Dominik Vogel

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg

  • Frieder Froebel

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg

  • Jasper Krauser

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg, Institut fuer Laserphysik, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany

  • Jannes Heinze

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg

  • Klaus Sengstock

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg, Institut fuer Laserphysik, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany

  • Christoph Becker

    Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg, Institut fuer Laserphysik, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany