Cold molecules: Progress in quantum engineering of chemistry and quantum matter

JL Bohn, AM Rey, J Ye - Science, 2017 - science.org
Cooling atoms to ultralow temperatures has produced a wealth of opportunities in
fundamental physics, precision metrology, and quantum science. The more recent …

Topological quantum matter with ultracold gases in optical lattices

N Goldman, JC Budich, P Zoller - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Since the discovery of topological insulators, many topological phases have been predicted
and realized in a range of different systems, providing both fascinating physics and exciting …

Observation of dipolar spin-exchange interactions with lattice-confined polar molecules

B Yan, SA Moses, B Gadway, JP Covey, KRA Hazzard… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
With the production of polar molecules in the quantum regime,, long-range dipolar
interactions are expected to facilitate understanding of strongly interacting many-body …

Solid-state electronic spin coherence time approaching one second

N Bar-Gill, LM Pham, A Jarmola, D Budker… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Solid-state spin systems such as nitrogen-vacancy colour centres in diamond are promising
for applications of quantum information, sensing and metrology. However, a key challenge …

Topological flat band models and fractional Chern insulators

EJ Bergholtz, Z Liu - International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2013 - World Scientific
Topological insulators and their intriguing edge states can be understood in a single-particle
picture and can as such be exhaustively classified. Interactions significantly complicate this …

Fractional quantum Hall physics in topological flat bands

SA Parameswaran, R Roy, SL Sondhi - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a pedagogical review of the physics of fractional Chern insulators with a
particular focus on the connection to the fractional quantum Hall effect. While the latter …

Manipulation of molecules with electromagnetic fields

M Lemeshko, RV Krems, JM Doyle, S Kais - Molecular Physics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of the present article is to review the major developments that have led to the
current understanding of molecule–field interactions and experimental methods for …

A large-scale quantum simulator on a diamond surface at room temperature

J Cai, A Retzker, F Jelezko, MB Plenio - Nature Physics, 2013 - nature.com
Strongly correlated quantum many-body systems may exhibit exotic phases, such as spin
liquids and supersolids. Although their numerical simulation becomes intractable for as few …

Exotic electronic states in the world of flat bands: From theory to material

Z Liu, F Liu, YS Wu - Chinese Physics B, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
It has long been noticed that special lattices contain single-electron flat bands (FB) without
any dispersion. Since the kinetic energy of electrons is quenched in the FB, this highly …

Topological quantum optics in two-dimensional atomic arrays

J Perczel, J Borregaard, DE Chang, H Pichler… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We demonstrate that two-dimensional atomic emitter arrays with subwavelength spacing
constitute topologically protected quantum optical systems where the photon propagation is …