Group News (2015)10 December 2015|ilp SengstockDissipative dynamics of meta-stable Fermions in an optical latticePhoto: AG SengstockWe have analyzed the dynamical behaviour of ultracold fermions in a metastable state trapped in a 1D optical lattice. Strong dissipative interactions...1 December 2015|ILP SengstockBreaking inversion symmetry in a state-dependent honeycomb lattice: Artificial graphene with tunable band gapPhoto: AG SengstockWe present the application of a novel method for controlling the geometry of a state-dependent honeycomb lattice: The energy offset between the two...18 September 2015|ilp SengstockEmulating Molecular Orbitals and Electronic Dynamics with Ultracold AtomsPhoto: AG SengstockMolecules are the constituents of life and play a dominating role in nature. Even though the molecular structure – the positions of the atoms in the...12 May 2015|ILP SengstockMultiphoton interband excitations of quantum gases in driven optical latticesPhoto: AG SengstockPeriodically driven quantum systems, so called Floquet systems, are described by a time-independent effective Hamiltonian. This allows for realizing...1 April 2015|ilp SengstockTwisted complex superfluids in optical latticesPhoto: AG SengstockThe time-reversal symmetry of the Schrödinger equation allows us to describe superfluid ground states with real wave functions in accordance with...