Bose-Einstein Condensation and strong-correlation behavior of phonons in ion traps
arXiv:quant-ph/0409015 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.263602
Abstract
We show that the dynamics of phonons in a set of trapped ions interacting with lasers is described by a Bose-Hubbard model whose parameters can be externally adjusted. We investigate the possibility of observing several quantum many-body phenomena, including (quasi) Bose-Einstein condensation as well as a superfluid-Mott insulator quantum phase transition.
5 pages, 3 figures