| Literature DB >> 27341242 |
Lawrence W Cheuk1, Matthew A Nichols1, Katherine R Lawrence1, Melih Okan1, Hao Zhang1, Martin W Zwierlein1.
Abstract
We report on the site-resolved observation of characteristic states of the two-dimensional repulsive Fermi-Hubbard model, using ultracold ^{40}K atoms in an optical lattice. By varying the tunneling, interaction strength, and external confinement, we realize metallic, Mott-insulating, and band-insulating states. We directly measure the local moment, which quantifies the degree of on-site magnetization, as a function of temperature and chemical potential. Entropies per particle as low as 0.99(6)k_{B} indicate that nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic correlations should be detectable using spin-sensitive imaging.Year: 2016 PMID: 27341242 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161