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Direct Imaging of Spatially Modulated Superfluid Phases in Atomic Fermion Systems

Superconductivity 2011-05-12 v2

Abstract

It is proposed that the spatially modulated superfluid phase, or the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state could be observed in resonant Fermion atomic condensates which are realized recently. We examine optimal experimental setups to achieve it by solving Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation both for idealized one-dimensional and realistic three-dimensional cases. The spontaneous modulation of this superfluid is shown to be directly imaged as the density profiles either by optical absorption or by Stern-Gerlach experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0409417,
  title  = {Direct Imaging of Spatially Modulated Superfluid Phases in Atomic Fermion Systems},
  author = {T. Mizushima and K. Machida and M. Ichioka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0409417},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures