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Metanematic, smectic, and crystalline phases of dipolar fermions in an optical lattice

Quintanilla, Jorge, Carr, S.T., Betouras, Joseph J. (2009) Metanematic, smectic, and crystalline phases of dipolar fermions in an optical lattice. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 79 (3). ISSN 1050-2947. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.79.031601) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:25614)

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Abstract

It has been suggested that some strongly correlated matter might be understood qualitatively in terms of liquid crystalline phases intervening between the Fermi gas and the Wigner crystal or Mott insulator. We propose a tunable realization of this soft quantum matter physics in an ultracold gas. It uses optical lattices and dipolar interactions to realize a particularly simple model. Our analysis reveals a rich phase diagram featuring a metanematic transition where the Fermi liquid changes dimensionality; a smectic phase (stripes) and a crystalline "checkerboard" phase.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.031601
Uncontrolled keywords: Physics of Quantum Materials, Fermi liquid; optical lattices; phase diagrams; Wigner crystal
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Sam Carr
Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2010 14:33 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 10:05 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/25614 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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