Revealing the superfluid-Mott-insulator transition in an optical lattice

被引：155

作者：

Kashurnikov, VA ^{[1
]}

Prokof'ev, NV

Svistunov, BV

机构：

[1] Moscow Engn Phys Inst, Moscow 115409, Russia

[2] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[3] Russian Res Ctr, Kurchatov Inst, Moscow 123182, Russia

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2002年 / 66卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.66.031601

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We study (by an exact numerical scheme) the single-particle density matrix of similar to10(3) ultracold atoms in an optical lattice with a parabolic confining potential. Our simulation is directly relevant to the interpretation and further development of the recent pioneering experiment by Greiner , Nature, (London) 415, 39 (2002). In particular, we show that restructuring of the spatial distribution of the superfluid component when a domain of Mott-insulator phase appears in the system, results in a fine structure of the particle momentum distribution. This feature may be used to locate the point of the superfluid-Mott-insulator transition.

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