In a Mott insulator, strong repulsive interactions suppress conductivity. Such behaviour has been demonstrated, individually, for both bosonic and fermionic atoms confined to optical lattices. Now, a dual Mott insulator of bosons and fermions has been realized, and interspecies interaction are found to markedly modify each Mott insulator.
- Seiji Sugawa
- Kensuke Inaba
- Yoshiro Takahashi