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Frustrated Cooper pairing and the $f$-wave supersolidity

Superconductivity 2011-04-13 v2 Quantum Gases

Abstract

Geometric frustration in quantum magnetism refers to that magnetic interactions on different bonds cannot be simultaneously minimized. The usual Cooper pairing systems favor the uniform distribution of the pairing phase among lattice sites without frustration. In contrast, we propose "frustrated Cooper pairing" in non-bipartite lattices which leads to frustrated supersolid states with non-uniform distributions of the Cooper pair phase and density. This exotic pairing state naturally occurs in the pp-orbital band in optical lattices with ultra-cold spinless fermions. In the triangular lattice, it exhibits an unconventional supersolid state with the ff-wave symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.0910.0507,
  title  = {Frustrated Cooper pairing and the $f$-wave supersolidity},
  author = {Hsiang-hsuan Hung and Wei-Cheng Lee and Congjun Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0507},
  year   = {2011}
}

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8 pages