Tilman Esslinger
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<Tilman Esslinger> helped realize the <Haldane model> using <ultracold gases> in a driven optical <honeycomb lattice>. Circular motion of the lattice engineered complex tunneling amplitudes, while a site-energy offset supplied a competing symmetry-breaking control.
The experiment tuned between topologically distinct regimes and probed their energy-band structure. It converted a theoretical electronic model into an adjustable atomic system.<Experimental realisation of the topological Haldane model by Gregor Jotzu and others>[Abstract: lattice modulation, competing symmetry breaking and topological transition]{ref}
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