Synthetic gauge fields in synthetic dimensions: interactions and chiral edge modes

Autor: Simone Barbarino, Luca Taddia, Davide Rossini, Leonardo Mazza, Rosario Fazio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 18, Iss 3, p 035010 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/3/035010
Popis: Synthetic ladders realized with one-dimensional alkaline-earth(-like) fermionic gases and subject to a gauge field represent a promising environment for the investigation of quantum Hall physics with ultracold atoms. Using density-matrix renormalization group calculations, we study how the quantum Hall-like chiral edge currents are affected by repulsive atom–atom interactions. We relate the properties of such currents to the asymmetry of the spin resolved momentum distribution function, a quantity which is easily addressable in state-of-art experiments. We show that repulsive interactions significantly enhance the chiral currents. Our numerical simulations are performed for atoms with two and three internal spin states.
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