  Quasicrystals are nonperiodic structures having no translational symmetry but
nonetheless possessing long-range order. The material properties of
quasicrystals, particularly their low-temperature behavior, defy easy
description.
  We present a compact optical setup for creating quasicrystal optical
potentials with 5-fold symmetry using interference of nearly co-propagating
beams for use in ultracold atom quantum simulation experiments. We verify the
optical design through numerical simulations and demonstrate a prototype
system. We also discuss generating phason excitations and quantized transport
in the quasicrystal through phase modulation of the beams.
