Formation of spontaneous density-wave patterns in DC driven lattices

19 April 2022

Photo: adapted fromPhys. Rev. X 12, 021014 (2022)

In a collaboration with the theory group of Ludwig Mathey, we have observed and explained surprising density-wave patterns, which form in BECs in strongly tilted triangular optical lattices and sponteously break the discrete symmetry of the lattice.

H. P. Zahn, V. P. Singh, M. N. Kosch, L. Asteria, L. Freystatzky, K. Sengstock, L. Mathey, and C. Weitenberg, Formation of Spontaneous Density-Wave Patterns in dc Driven Lattices, Phys. Rev. X 12, 021014 (2022)

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