Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2009-07-21
Phys. Rev. A 80, 033625 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
11 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.80.033625
We compute the absorption spectrum of strongly repulsive one-dimensional bosons in a disordered or quasi-periodic optical lattice. At commensurate filling, the particle-hole resonances of the Mott insulator are broadened as the disorder strength is increased. In the non-commensurate case, mapping the problem to the Anderson model allows us to study the Bose-glass phase. Surprisingly we find that a perturbative treatment in both cases, weak and strong disorder, gives a good description at all frequencies. In particular we find that the infrared absorption rate in the thermodynamic limit is quadratic in frequency. This result is unexpected, since for other quantities like the conductivity in one dimensional systems, perturbation theory is only applicable at high frequencies. We discuss applications to recent experiments on optical lattice systems, and in particular the effect of the harmonic trap.
Cazalilla Miguel A.
Giamarchi Thierry
Iucci Aníbal
Orso Giuliano
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