Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2009-10-20
EPL 89, 67001 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
We propose that Kibble-Zurek scaling can be studied in optical lattices by creating geometries that support, Dirac, Semi-Dirac and Quadratic Band Crossings. On a Honeycomb lattice with fermions, as a staggered on-site potential is varied through zero, the system crosses the gapless Dirac points, and we show that the density of defects created scales as $1/\tau$, where $\tau$ is the inverse rate of change of the potential, in agreement with the Kibble-Zurek relation. We generalize the result for a passage through a semi-Dirac point in $d$ dimensions, in which spectrum is linear in $m$ parallel directions and quadratic in rest of the perpendicular $(d-m)$ directions. We find that the defect density is given by $ 1 /{\tau^{m\nu_{||}z_{||}+(d-m)\nu_{\perp}z_{\perp}}}$ where $\nu_{||}, z_{||}$ and $\nu_{\perp},z_{\perp}$ are the dynamical exponents and the correlation length exponents along the parallel and perpendicular directions, respectively. The scaling relations are also generalized to the case of non-linear quenching.
Divakaran Uma
Dutta Amit
Singh Rajiv R. P.
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