An Artificial Quantum World (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich

An Artificial Quantum World

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An artificial quantum world of atoms and light: Atoms (red) spontaneously arrange themselves in a checkerboard pattern as a result of the complex interplay between short- and long-range interactions.

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ETH Zurich / Tobias Donner

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