@article { ISI:000306417600007,
	title = {Nonadiabatic Preparation of Spin Crystals with Ultracold Polar Molecules},
	journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS},
	volume = {109},
	number = {3},
	year = {2012},
	month = {JUL 16},
	pages = {035301},
	abstract = {We study the growth dynamics of ordered structures of strongly interacting polar molecules in optical lattices. Using a dipole blockade of microwave excitations, we map the system onto an interacting spin-1/2 model possessing ground states with crystalline order, and describe a way to prepare these states by nonadiabatically driving the transitions between molecular rotational levels. The proposed technique bypasses the need to cross a phase transition and allows for the creation of ordered domains of considerably larger size compared to approaches relying on adiabatic preparation.},
	issn = {0031-9007},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.035301},
	author = {Lemeshko, Mikhail and Krems, Roman V. and Weimer, Hendrik}
}
