Sine-Gordon and Bose-Hubbard dynamics with photons in a hollow-core fiberSine-Gordon and Bose-Hubbard dynamics with photons in a hollow-core fiber Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-10-212012enWe show that sine-Gordon and Bose-Hubbard dynamics with stationary polaritons could be observed in a hollow-core one-dimensional fiber loaded with a cold atomic gas. Utilizing the strong light confinement in the fiber, a range of different strongly correlated polaritonic and photonic states corresponding to both strong and weak interactions can be created and probed. The key ingredient is the creation of a tunable effective lattice potential acting on the interacting polaritonic gas, which is possible by slightly modulating the atomic density. We analyze the relevant phase diagram corresponding to the realizable Bose-Hubbard (weak) and sine-Gordon (strong) interacting regimes and conclude by describing the measurement process. The latter consists of mapping the stationary excitations to propagating light pulses whose correlations can be efficiently probed once they exit the fiber using available optical technologies.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Physical Review A852 Huo MingXia Aggelakis Dimitrios Αγγελακης Δημητριος American Physical Society Quantum physics Quantum gases Strongly correlated electrons