Campo, Vivaldo L, Capelle, Klaus, Hooley, Chris, Quintanilla, Jorge, Scarola, Vito W (2012) Thermal versus quantum fluctuations of optical-lattice fermions. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 85 (3). 033644. ISSN 1050-2947. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.033644) (KAR id:29229)
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Abstract
We show that, for fermionic atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice, the fraction of atoms in doubly occupied sites is a highly nonmonotonic function of temperature. We demonstrate that this property persists even in the presence of realistic harmonic confinement, and that it leads to a suppression of entropy at intermediate temperatures that offers a route to adiabatic cooling. Our interpretation of the suppression is that such intermediate temperatures are simultaneously too high for quantum coherence and too low for significant thermal excitation of double occupancy thus offering a clear indicator of the onset of quantum fluctuations.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.033644 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Physics of Quantum Materials |
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
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Faculties > Sciences > School of Physical Sciences Faculties > Sciences > School of Physical Sciences > Functional Materials Group |
Depositing User: | Jorge Quintanilla Tizon |
Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2012 17:01 UTC |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2020 04:04 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/29229 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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