Quantum phases for bosons in a magnetic lattice with a harmonic trap

Autor: Ya-Fei Song, Shi-Jie Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 22, Iss 7, p 073001 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab95e0
Popis: The phase diagram of ultracold bosons in a 2D optical lattice subjected to a uniform magnetic flux is studied by the inhomogeneous Gutzwiller variational method. With a harmonic external potential, the density profile exhibits wedding-cake shape and the Mott phase forms a series of circular platforms with integer fillings. There are annular rings of superfluid between these platforms. We identify a lot of phases, including the unicirculation phase, the Meissner phase, the vortex phase, the reversed current phase and the vortex superfluid phase, by examining the super-currents. The circular chiral currents of the reversed current phase are opposite to other phases in annular superfluid and we analyzed the transitions between different phases.
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