Möller, Gunnar, Cooper, N R (2012) Correlated Phases of Bosons in the Flat Lowest Band of the Dice Lattice. Physical Review Letters, 108 (4). ISSN 0031-9007. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.045306) (KAR id:55567)
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Abstract
We study correlated phases occurring in the flat lowest band of the dice lattice model at flux density one half. We discuss how to realize the
dice lattice model, also referred to as the $\mathcal{T}_3$ lattice, in cold atomic gases. We construct the projection of the model to the lowest
dice band, which yields a Hubbard-Hamiltonian with interaction-assisted hopping processes. We solve this model for bosons in two limits. In the
limit of large density, we use Gross-Pitaevskii mean-field theory to reveal time-reversal symmetry breaking vortex lattice phases. At low density,
we use exact diagonalization to identify three stable phases at fractional filling factors $\nu$ of the lowest band, including a
classical crystal at $\nu=1/3$, a supersolid state at $\nu=1/2$ and a Mott insulator at $\nu=1$.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.045306 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Physics of Quantum Materials, superfluids, flat bands, projective dynamics, time reversal symmetric, emergence, Aharonov-Bohm cages, Physics of Quantum Materials |
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics > QC173.45 Condensed Matter |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
Depositing User: | Gunnar Moeller |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2016 14:56 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:23 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/55567 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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