Stunt Doubles: Ultracold Atoms Could Replicate the Electron 'Jitterbug' (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Stunt Doubles: Ultracold Atoms Could Replicate the Electron 'Jitterbug'

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A) Optical lattice of five laser beams trapping an atomic cloud. Color scale indicates cloud density: black is low, white high. B) Jittering motion of the atomic cloud in the optical lattice. The horizontal axis represents the spatial distribution of the cloud along one direction, while the vertical axis shows the variation of cloud density with time.

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