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Image of individual atoms in an optical lattice. Markus Greiner, Harvard University. Image courtesy of Markus Greiner/Department of Physics |
Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atomsHarvard physicists have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The work, published this week in the journal Nature, represents the first time scientists have detected single atoms in a crystalline structure made solely of light, called a Bose Hubbard optical lattice. It's part of scientists' efforts to use ultracold quantum gases to understand and develop novel quantum materials. |
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