Superfluid and insulating phases of fermion mixtures in optical lattices

The ground state phase diagram of fermion mixtures in optical lattices is analyzed as a function of interaction strength, fermion filling factor, and tunneling parameters. In addition to standard superfluid, phase-separated or coexisting superfluid -- excess-fermion phases found in homogeneous or ha...

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Published in:	Physical review letters Vol. 99; no. 8; p. 080403
Main Authors:	Iskin, M, Sá de Melo, C A R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 24-08-2007
Subjects:	BOSE-EINSTEIN GAS CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY FERMI GAS FERMIONS GROUND STATES PHASE DIAGRAMS SUPERFLUIDITY TRAPPING TUNNEL EFFECT
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Summary:	The ground state phase diagram of fermion mixtures in optical lattices is analyzed as a function of interaction strength, fermion filling factor, and tunneling parameters. In addition to standard superfluid, phase-separated or coexisting superfluid -- excess-fermion phases found in homogeneous or harmonically trapped systems, fermions in optical lattices have several insulating phases, including a molecular Bose-Mott insulator (BMI), a Fermi-Pauli (band) insulator (FPI), a phase-separated BMI-FPI mixture or a Bose-Fermi checkerboard (BFC). The molecular BMI phase is the fermion mixture counterpart of the atomic BMI found in atomic Bose systems, the BFC or BMI-FPI phases exist in Bose-Fermi mixtures, and lastly the FPI phase is particular to the Fermi nature of the constituent atoms of the mixture.
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ISSN:	0031-9007 1079-7114
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.080403