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Article: Synthetic-gauge-field stabilization of the chiral-spin-liquid phase
Title | Synthetic-gauge-field stabilization of the chiral-spin-liquid phase |
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Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | American Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.aps.org/pra/ |
Citation | Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information, 2016, v. 93 n. 6, article no. 061601 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2016 American Physical Society. We explore the phase diagram of the SU(N) Hubbard models describing fermionic alkaline-earth-metal atoms in a square optical lattice with, on average, one atom per site, using a slave rotor mean-field approach. We find that the chiral spin liquid (CSL) predicted for N≥5 and large interactions passes through a fractionalized state with a spinon Fermi surface as interactions are decreased before transitioning to a weakly interacting metal. We show that by adding a uniform artificial gauge field with 2π/N flux per plaquette, the CSL becomes the ground state for all N≥3 at intermediate interactions, persists to weaker interactions, and exhibits a larger spin gap. For N≥5 we find the CSL is the ground state everywhere the system is a Mott insulator. The gauge field stabilization of the CSL at lower interactions, and thus at weaker lattice depths, together with the increased spin gap, can relax the temperature constraints required for its experimental realization in ultracold atom systems. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/266134 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 2.971 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.391 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chen, Gang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hazzard, Kaden R.A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rey, Ana Maria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hermele, Michael | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-27T01:58:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-27T01:58:56Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information, 2016, v. 93 n. 6, article no. 061601 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2469-9926 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/266134 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2016 American Physical Society. We explore the phase diagram of the SU(N) Hubbard models describing fermionic alkaline-earth-metal atoms in a square optical lattice with, on average, one atom per site, using a slave rotor mean-field approach. We find that the chiral spin liquid (CSL) predicted for N≥5 and large interactions passes through a fractionalized state with a spinon Fermi surface as interactions are decreased before transitioning to a weakly interacting metal. We show that by adding a uniform artificial gauge field with 2π/N flux per plaquette, the CSL becomes the ground state for all N≥3 at intermediate interactions, persists to weaker interactions, and exhibits a larger spin gap. For N≥5 we find the CSL is the ground state everywhere the system is a Mott insulator. The gauge field stabilization of the CSL at lower interactions, and thus at weaker lattice depths, together with the increased spin gap, can relax the temperature constraints required for its experimental realization in ultracold atom systems. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.aps.org/pra/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information | - |
dc.rights | Copyright 2016 by The American Physical Society. This article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.061601 | - |
dc.title | Synthetic-gauge-field stabilization of the chiral-spin-liquid phase | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevA.93.061601 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84975126604 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 93 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 061601 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 061601 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2469-9934 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000377497000001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2469-9926 | - |