Bose-fermi mixtures in a three-dimensional optical lattice

Using the dynamical mean-field theory and the Gutzwiller method, we study the Mott transition in Bose–Fermi mixtures confined in a three-dimensional optical lattice and analyze the effect of fermions on the coherence of bosons. We conclude that increasing fermion composition reduces bosonic coherenc...

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Main Authors: Liu, Qingmei, Dai, Xi, Fang, Zhong, Zhuang, Jia Ning, Zhao, Yang
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94323
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7162
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Using the dynamical mean-field theory and the Gutzwiller method, we study the Mott transition in Bose–Fermi mixtures confined in a three-dimensional optical lattice and analyze the effect of fermions on the coherence of bosons. We conclude that increasing fermion composition reduces bosonic coherence in the presence of strong Bose–Fermi interactions and under the condition of the integer filling factors for composite fermions, which consist of one fermion and one or more bosonic holes. Various phases of the mixtures have been demonstrated including phase separation of two species, coexisting regions of superfluid bosons and fermionic liquids, and Mott regions in the phase space spanned by the chemical potentials of the bosons and the fermions.