Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2011-06-20
New J. Phys. 14 (2012) 033036
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/14/3/033036
Attractive interactions between fermions can produce a superfluid ground state, in which pairs of up and down spins swirl together in a coordinated, coherent dance. How is this dance affected by an imbalance in the population of up and down fermions? Do the extra fermions stand on the sides, or do they disrupt the dance? The most intriguing possibility is the formation of a modulated superfluid state, known as an LO phase, in which the excess fermions self-organize into domain walls where the pairing amplitude changes sign. Despite fifty years of theoretical and experimental work, there has so far been no direct observation of an LO phase. Here we propose an experiment in which two fermion clouds, prepared with unequal population imbalances, are allowed to expand and interfere. A zipper pattern in the interference fringes is unequivocal evidence of LO physics. Furthermore, because the experiment is resolved in time and in two spatial directions, we expect an observable signature even at finite temperatures (when thermal fluctuations destroy long-range LO order averaged over time).
Loh Yen Lee
Swanson Mason
Trivedi Nandini
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