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Viewpoint: Topological Invariants Made Manifest

Published

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman, Gediminas Juzeliunas

Abstract

Topological order in some single particle cold atom systems can now be measured directly, instead of relying on proxies such as the quantized Hall conductance as is usually the case in conventional materials. This new measurement technique complements the tools already present in cold atom systems to create systems where topological order is expected, and to confirm that order exists.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
4

Keywords

artificial gauge fields, chern number, fermions, quantum simulation

Citation

Spielman, I. and Juzeliunas, G. (2011), Viewpoint: Topological Invariants Made Manifest, Physical Review Letters (Accessed April 7, 2025)

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Created November 28, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017