Momentum-dependent pseudospin dimers of coherently coupled bosons in optical lattices

Year: 2016

Authors: Menotti C., Minganti F., Recati A.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Trento, INO CNR BEC Ctr, I-38123 Povo, Italy; Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, I-38123 Povo, Italy; Ecole Normale Super, Dept Phys, Int Ctr Fundamental Phys, 24 Rue Lhomond, F-75005 Paris, France; Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, James Franck Str1, D-85748 Garching, Germany.

Abstract: We study the two-body bound and scattering states of two particles in a one dimensional optical lattice in the presence of a coherent coupling between two internal atomic levels. Due to the interplay between periodic potential, interactions and coherent coupling, the internal structure of the bound states depends on their center of mass momentum. This phenomenon corresponds to an effective momentum-dependent magnetic field for the dimer pseudo-spin, which could be observed in a chirping of the precession frequency during Bloch oscillations. The essence of this effect can be easily interpreted in terms of an effective bound state Hamiltonian. Moreover for indistinguishable bosons, the two-body eigenstates can present simultaneously attractive and repulsive bound-state nature or even bound and scattering properties.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 93 (3)      Pages from: 033602-1  to: 033602-10

More Information: The authors thank J. Catani, L. Fallani and W. Zwerger for useful discussions and M. Di Liberto for a careful reading of the manuscript. This work has been supported by ERC (QGBE grant) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento. A.R. acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
KeyWords: Repulsive Bound Pairs; Coherently Coupled Gases;
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.93.033602

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