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Topological Superfluid in one-dimensional Ultracold Atomic System with Spin-Orbit Coupling

Quantum Gases 2013-08-06 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

We propose a one-dimensional Hamiltonian H1DH_{1D} which supports Majorana fermions when dx2y2d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}-wave superfluid appears in the ultracold atomic system and obtain the phase-separation diagrams both for the time-reversal-invariant case and time-reversal-symmetry-breaking case. From the phase-separation diagrams, we find that the single Majorana fermions exist in the topological superfluid region, and we can reach this region by tuning the chemical potential μ\mu and spin-orbit coupling αR\alpha_{R}. Importantly, the spin-orbit coupling has realized in ultracold atoms by the recent experimental achievement of synthetic gauge field, therefore, our one-dimensional ultra-cold atomic system described by H1DH_{1D} is a promising platform to find the mysterious Majorana fermions.

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@article{arxiv.1111.1952,
  title  = {Topological Superfluid in one-dimensional Ultracold Atomic System with Spin-Orbit Coupling},
  author = {Zhongbo Yan and Xiaosen Yang and Shaolong Wan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.1952},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 papers, 2 figures

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