Fermionic superfluidity and spontaneous superflows in optical lattices
Fermionic superfluidity and spontaneous superflows in optical lattices
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DOI:
10.1088/1367-2630/12/2/023032
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发表时间:
2010-02
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Shi-jie Yang;S. Feng
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作者:
Shi-jie Yang;S. Feng
We studied the superfluidity of strongly repulsive fermionic atoms in optical lattices. Atoms are paired through a correlated tunneling mechanism, which induces superfluidity when repulsive nearest-neighbor interactions are included in the Hubbard model. This paired superfluid is a metastable state, which persists for a long time as the pair-broken process is severely suppressed. The mean-field phase diagram and low-energy excitations are investigated in a square lattice system. Intriguingly, spontaneous superflows may appear in the ground state of a triangular optical lattice system due to antiferromagnetic frustration.