title: Creation of a dipolar superfluid in optical lattices.
abstract: We show that, by loading a Bose-Einstein condensate of two different atomic species into an optical lattice, it is possible to achieve a Mott-insulator phase with exactly one atom of each species per lattice site. A subsequent photoassociation leads to the formation of one heteronuclear molecule with a large electric dipole moment, at each lattice site. The melting of such a dipolar Mott insulator creates a dipolar superfluid, and eventually a dipolar molecular condensate.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Damski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tiemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewenstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotochigova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Julienne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zoller