Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2011-08-11
Phys. Rev. A 84, 043615 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
11 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.84.043615
We analyze the dynamical and energetic instabilities of spin currents in a system of two-component bosons in an optical lattice, with a particular focus on the Neel state. We consider both the weakly interacting superfluid and the strongly interacting Mott insulating limits as well as the regime near the superfluid-insulator transition and establish the criteria for the onset of these instabilities. We use Bogoliubov theory to treat the weakly interacting superfluid regime. Near the Mott transition, we calculate the stability phase diagram within a variational Gutzwiller wavefunction approach. In the deep Mott limit we discuss the emergence of the Heisenberg model and calculate the stability diagram within this model. Though the Bogoliubov theory and the Heisenberg model (appropriate for deep superfluid and deep Mott phase respectively) predict no dynamical instabilities, we find, interestingly, between these two limiting cases there is a regime of dynamical instability. This result is relevant for the ongoing experimental efforts to realize a stable Neel-ordered state in multi-component ultracold bosons.
Barnett Ryan
Hui Hoi-Yin
Sarma Sankar Das
Sensarma Rajdeep
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