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Order parameter and detection for crystallized dipolar bosons in lattices

Quantum Gases 2018-12-05 v4

Abstract

We explore the ground-state properties of bosons with dipole-dipole interactions in a one-dimensional optical lattice. Remarkably, a crystallization process happens for strong dipolar interactions. Herein, we provide a detailed characterization and a way to measure the resulting crystal phase. Using the eigenvalues of the reduced one-body density matrix we define an order parameter that yields a phase diagram in agreement with an analysis of the density and two-body density. We demonstrate that the phase diagram can be detected experimentally using the variance of single-shot measurements.

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@article{arxiv.1708.07409,
  title  = {Order parameter and detection for crystallized dipolar bosons in lattices},
  author = {Budhaditya Chatterjee and Axel U. J. Lode},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.07409},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary Information included. Software available at http://ultracold.org/

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