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Title: Measuring spin correlations in optical lattices using superlattice potentials

Abstract

We suggest two experimental methods for probing both short- and long-range spin correlations of atoms in optical lattices using superlattice potentials. The first method involves an adiabatic doubling of the periodicity of the underlying lattice to probe neighboring singlet (triplet) correlations for fermions (bosons) by the occupation of the resulting vibrational ground state. The second method utilizes a time-dependent superlattice potential to generate spin-dependent transport by any number of prescribed lattice sites, and probes correlations by the resulting number of doubly occupied sites. For experimentally relevant parameters, we demonstrate how both methods yield large signatures of antiferromagnetic correlations of strongly repulsive fermionic atoms in a single shot of the experiment. Lastly, we show how this method may also be applied to probe d-wave pairing, a possible ground-state candidate for the doped repulsive Hubbard model.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen O (Denmark)
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)
  3. Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo (Norway)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22080302
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ATOMS; BOSONS; CORRELATIONS; D WAVES; FERMIONS; GROUND STATES; HUBBARD MODEL; PERIODICITY; POTENTIALS; SPIN; SUPERLATTICES; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRIPLETS

Citation Formats

Pedersen, K G. L., Andersen, B M, Soerensen, A S, Bruun, G M, and Syljuaasen, O F. Measuring spin correlations in optical lattices using superlattice potentials. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.041603.
Pedersen, K G. L., Andersen, B M, Soerensen, A S, Bruun, G M, & Syljuaasen, O F. Measuring spin correlations in optical lattices using superlattice potentials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.041603
Pedersen, K G. L., Andersen, B M, Soerensen, A S, Bruun, G M, and Syljuaasen, O F. 2011. "Measuring spin correlations in optical lattices using superlattice potentials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.041603.
@article{osti_22080302,
title = {Measuring spin correlations in optical lattices using superlattice potentials},
author = {Pedersen, K G. L. and Andersen, B M and Soerensen, A S and Bruun, G M and Syljuaasen, O F},
abstractNote = {We suggest two experimental methods for probing both short- and long-range spin correlations of atoms in optical lattices using superlattice potentials. The first method involves an adiabatic doubling of the periodicity of the underlying lattice to probe neighboring singlet (triplet) correlations for fermions (bosons) by the occupation of the resulting vibrational ground state. The second method utilizes a time-dependent superlattice potential to generate spin-dependent transport by any number of prescribed lattice sites, and probes correlations by the resulting number of doubly occupied sites. For experimentally relevant parameters, we demonstrate how both methods yield large signatures of antiferromagnetic correlations of strongly repulsive fermionic atoms in a single shot of the experiment. Lastly, we show how this method may also be applied to probe d-wave pairing, a possible ground-state candidate for the doped repulsive Hubbard model.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.041603},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22080302}, journal = {Physical Review. A},
issn = {1050-2947},
number = 4,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}