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Critical velocity of flowing supersolids of dipolar Bose gases in optical lattices

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
We study superfluidity of supersolid phases of dipolar Bose gases in two-dimensional optical lattices. We perform linear stability analyses for the corresponding dipolar Bose-Hubbard model in the hard-core boson limit to show that a supersolid can have stable superflow until the flow velocity reaches a certain critical value. The critical velocity for the supersolid is found to be significantly smaller than that for a conventional superfluid phase. We propose that the critical velocity can be used as a signature to identify the superfluidity of the supersolid phase in experiment.
OSTI ID:
21442994
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 82; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English