Tunable Superfluidity and Quantum Magnetism with Ultracold Polar Molecules

Abstract

By selecting two dressed rotational states of ultracold polar molecules in an optical lattice, we obtain a highly tunable generalization of the t-J model, which we refer to as the t-J-V-W model. In addition to XXZ spin exchange, the model features density-density interactions and density-spin interactions; all interactions are dipolar. We show that full control of all interaction parameters in both magnitude and sign can be achieved independently of each other and of the tunneling. As a first step towards demonstrating the potential of the system, we apply the density matrix renormalization group method to obtain the 1D phase diagram of the simplest experimentally realizable case. Specifically, we show that the tunability and the long-range nature of the interactions in the t-J-V-W model enable enhanced superfluidity. Finally, we show that Bloch oscillations in a tilted lattice can be used to probe the phase diagram experimentally.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 08, 2011
Accession Number
ADA555773

Entities

People

  • Alexey V Gorshkov
  • Ana M. Rey
  • Eugene A. Demler
  • Gang Chen
  • Jun Ye
  • Mikhail Lukin
  • Salvatore R. Manmana

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atoms
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Dipole Moments
  • Electric Fields
  • Frequency
  • Molecules
  • Optical Lattices
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Phase Separation
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Properties
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Superfluidity
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing