Fermionic atoms trapped in a one-dimensional optical superlattice with harmonic confinement
- Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
We study the ground-state properties of spin-1/2 fermionic atoms confined in a one-dimensional optical superlattice with harmonic confinement by using the density-matrix renormalization group method. For this purpose, we consider an ionic Hubbard model that has superlattice potentials with two-site periodicity. We find that several different types of insulating regimes coexist even if the number of atoms at each site is not an integer, but its average within the unit cell is an integer or half integer. This is contrasted to the coexisting phase of the metallic and Mott-insulating regimes known for the ordinary Hubbard model in an optical lattice. The phase characteristics are elucidated by investigating the profiles of the atom density, the local density (spin) fluctuations, the double occupation probability, and the spin correlations in detail.
- OSTI ID:
- 20976538
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 74, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.063624; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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