title: A glimpse of quantum phenomena in optical lattices.
abstract: Optical lattices in cold atomic systems offer an excellent setting for realizing quantum condensed matter phenomena. Here, a glimpse of such a setting is provided for the non-specialist. Some basic aspects of cold atomic gases and optical lattices are reviewed. Quantum many-body physics is explored in the case of interacting bosons on a lattice. Quantum behaviour in the presence of a potential landscape is examined for three different cases: a hexagonal lattice potential, a quasi-periodic potential and a disorder potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Loomis Laboratories, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. smivish@illinois.edu
authors.forename: Smitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vishveshwara
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation