Triangular and honeycomb lattices of cold atoms in optical cavities

• Main Authors: Safaei, Shabnam, Miniatura, Christian, Grémaud, Benoît
• Other Authors: Institute of Advanced Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81111; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39129
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We consider a two-dimensional homogeneous ensemble of cold bosonic atoms loaded inside two optical cavities and pumped by a far-detuned external laser field. We examine the conditions for these atoms to self-organize into triangular and honeycomb lattices as a result of superradiance. By collectivel...