Oscillatory pairing of fermions in spin-split traps

Kuei Sun, Julia S. Meyer, Daniel E. Sheehy, Smitha Vishveshwara

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Abstract

As a means of realizing oscillatory pairing between fermions, we study superfluid pairing between two fermion "spin" species that are confined to adjustable spin-dependent trapping potentials. Focusing on the one-dimensional limit, we find that with increasing separation between the spin-dependent traps, the fermions exhibit distinct phases, including a fully paired phase, a spin-imbalanced phase with oscillatory pairing, and an unpaired fully spin-polarized phase. We obtain the phase diagram of fermions in such a spin-split trap and discuss signatures of these phases in cold-atom experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number033608
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume83
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 11 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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