Selected recent publications18 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...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...4 July 2014|ilp SengstockObservation of Density-Induced TunnelingPhoto: AG SengstockWe study the dynamics of bosonic atoms in a tilted one-dimensional optical lattice and report on the first direct observation of density-induced...7 April 2014|ilp SengstockDimerized Mott insulators in hexagonal optical latticesPhoto: AG SengstockWe study bosonic atoms in optical honeycomb lattices with anisotropic tunneling and find dimerized Mott insulator phases with fractional filling...24 January 2014|ilp SengstockQuantum phases in tunable state-dependent hexagonal optical latticesPhoto: AG SengstockWe study the ground-state properties of ultracold bosonic atoms on a state-dependent graphene-like honeycomb lattice. We discuss the various...Show all news