Cold-atom optical lattices as quantum analog simulators for aperiodic one-dimensional localization without disorder. Scarola, V., W. & Das Sarma, S. Physical Review A, 73(4):041609, 4, 2006.
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Cold atom optical lattices allow for the study of quantum localization and mobility edges in a disorder-free environment. We predict the existence of an Anderson-like insulator with sharp mobility edges in a one-dimensional nearly-periodic optical lattice. We show that the mobility edge manifests itself as the early onset of pinning in center of mass dipole oscillations in the presence of a magnetic trap which should be observable in optical lattices.

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