Fermionic atoms trapped in one-dimensional optical superlattice with harmonic confinement

Details Fermionic atoms trapped in one-dimensional optical superlattice with harmonic confinement Fermionic atoms trapped in one-dimensional optical superlattice with harmonic confinement

2006-06-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606697v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

8 pages, 9 figures, revised version, figures rearranged

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We study the ground-state properties of spin-1/2 fermionic atoms confined in a one-dimensional optical superlattice with harmonic confinement by using the density matrix renormalization group method. For this purpose, we consider an ionic Hubbard model that has superlattice potentials with 2-site periodicity. We find that several different types of insulating regimes coexist even if the number of atoms at each site is not an integer, but its average within the unit cell is an integer or half integer. This is contrasted to the coexisting phase of the metallic and Mott-insulating regimes known for the ordinary Hubbard model in an optical lattice. The phase characteristics are elucidated by investigating the profiles of the atom density, the local density/spin fluctuations, the double occupation probability and the spin correlations in detail.

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