title: Coherent control of dressed matter waves.
abstract: We demonstrate experimentally that matter waves can be coherently and adiabatically loaded and controlled in one-, two-, and three-dimensional strongly driven optical lattices. This coherent control is then used in order to reversibly induce the superfluid-Mott insulator phase transition by changing the strength of the driving. Our findings pave the way for studies of driven quantum systems and new methods for controlling matter waves.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica E. Fermi, Università di Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zenesini
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lignier
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ciampini
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Morsch
authors.forename: Ennio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arimondo