Interaction-controlled transport of an ultracold Fermi gas

Details Interaction-controlled transport of an ultracold Fermi gas Interaction-controlled transport of an ultracold Fermi gas

2007-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/0707.3140v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 220601 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 4 Postscript figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.220601

We explore the transport properties of an interacting Fermi gas in a three-dimensional optical lattice. The center of mass dynamics of the atoms after a sudden displacement of the trap minimum is monitored for different interaction strengths and lattice fillings. With increasingly strong attractive interactions the weakly damped oscillation, observed for the non-interacting case, turns into a slow relaxational drift. Tuning the interaction strength during the evolution allows us to dynamically control the transport behavior. Strong attraction between the atoms leads to the formation of local pairs with a reduced tunneling rate. The interpretation in terms of pair formation is supported by a measurement of the number of doubly occupied lattice sites. This quantity also allows us to determine the temperature of the non-interacting gas in the lattice to be as low as (27\pm2)% of the Fermi temperature.

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