Two-body problem in periodic potentials

Details Two-body problem in periodic potentials Two-body problem in periodic potentials

2005-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509093v1

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Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

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10.1103/PhysRevA.73.012707

We investigate the problem of two atoms interacting via a short range s-wave potential in the presence of a deep optical lattice of arbitrary dimension $D$. Using a tight binding approach, we derive analytical results for the properties of the bound state and the scattering amplitude. We show that the tunneling through the barriers induces a dimensional crossover from a confined regime at high energy to an anisotropic three dimensional regime at low energy. The critical value of the scattering length needed to form a two-body bound state shows a logaritmic dependence on the tunneling rate for D=1 and a power law for $D>1$. For the special case D=1, we also compare our analytical predictions with exact numerics, finding remarkably good agreement.

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