Unitarity Schrödinger Equation and Ground State Properties of the Finite Trapped Superfluid Fermi Gases in a BCS-BEC Crossover

On the basis of quantum hydrodynamical equations we derive a unitarity Schrödinger equation of a finite trapped superfluid Fermi gas valid in the whole interaction regime from BCS superfluid to BEC. This equation is just the Ginzburg-Laudau-type equation for the fermionic Cooper pairs in the BCS side, the Gross-Pitaevskii-type equation for the bosonic dimers in the BEC side, and a unitarity equation for a strongly interacting Fermi superfluid in the unitarity limit. By taking a modified Gauss-like trial wave function, we solve the unitarity Schrödinger equation, calculate the energy, chemical potential, sizes and profiles of the ground-state condensate, and discuss the properties of the ground state in the entire BCS-BEC crossover regimes.     

Unusual Destruction and Enhancement of Superfluidity of Atomic Fermi Gases by Population Imbalance in a One-Dimensional Optical Lattice

We study the superfluid behavior of a population imbalanced ultracold atomic Fermi gases with a short range attractive interaction in a one-dimensional(1 D) optical lattice,using a pairing fluctuation theory.We show that,besides widespread pseudogap phenomena and intermediate temperature superfluidity,the superfluid phase is readily destroyed except in a limited region of the parameter space.We find a new mechanism for pair hopping,assisted by the excessive majority fermions,in the presence of continuum-lattice mixing,which leads to an unusual constant Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC) asymptote for T_c that is independent of pairing strength.In result,on the BEC side of unitarity,superfluidity,when it exists,may be strongly enhanced by population imbalance.     

Tunneling and Self-Trapping of Superfluid Fermi Gases in BCS-BEC Crossover

We investigate tunneling and self-trapping of superfluid Fermi gases under a two-mode ansatz in different regimes of the crossover from Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superfluid to Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC). Starting from a generalized equation of state, we derive the coupled equations of relative atom-pair number and relative phase about superfluid Fermi gases in a double-well system and then classify the different oscillation behaviors by the
tunneling strength and interactions between atoms. Tunneling and self-trapping behaviors are considered in the whole BCS-BEC crossover in the case of a symmetric double-well potential. We show that the nonlinear interaction between atoms makes the self-trapping more easily realized in BCS regime than in the BEC regime and stability analysis is also given.     

Swallowtail band structure of the superfluid Fermi gas in an optical lattice

We investigate the energy band structure of the superfluid flow of ultracold dilute Fermi gases in a one-dimensional optical lattice along the BCS to Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) crossover within a mean-field approach. In each side of the crossover region, a loop structure (swallowtail) appears in the Bloch energy band of the superfluid above a critical value of the interaction strength. The width of the swallowtail is largest near unitarity. Across the critical value of the interaction strength, the profiles of density and pairing field change more drastically in the BCS side than in the BEC side. It is found that along with the appearance of the swallowtail, there exists a narrow band in the quasiparticle energy spectrum close to the chemical potential, and the incompressibility of the Fermi gas consequently experiences a profound dip in the BCS side, unlike in the BEC side.     

Vortex lattices in a rotating Fermi superfluid in the BCS–BEC crossover with many Landau levels

We present an explicit analytical analysis of the ground state of vortex lattice structure, based on a minimization of the generalized Gross–Pitaevskii energy functional in a trapped rotating Fermi superfluid gas. By a Bogoliubov-like transformation we find that the coarse-grained average of the atomic density varies as inverted parabola in three dimensional cases; the Fermi superfluid in the BEC regime enters into the lowest Landau level at fast rotation, in which the vortices form an almost regular triangular lattice over a central region and the vortex lattice is expanded along the radial direction in the outer region; the fluid in the unitarity and BCS regimes occupies many low-lying Landau levels, in which a trapped gas with a triangular vortex lattice has a superfluid core surrounded by a normal gas. The calculation is qualitatively consistent with recent numerical and experimental data both in the vortex lattice structure and vortex numbers and in the density profiles versus the stirring frequency in the whole BCS–BEC crossover.     

超流费米气体中两维孤子的动力学

我们利用解析和数值的方法,研究从Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer(BCS)超流到玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚(BEC)渡越的过程里超流费米气体中两维(2D)孤子的形成和演化.基于超流流体力学方程,在准二维和长波近似下,推导描述弱非线性激发带正色散项的Kadomtsev-Petviashvili方程;给出整个BCS-BEC渡越的2D孤子解,以及数值求解孤子在囚禁势中的演化.数值结果显示由于Snake(横向)不稳定性,大振幅的暗孤子会衰变为大量涡旋-反涡旋对,并且这个不稳定性在不同超流区域不同.     

Fermi超流气体在unitarity区域和Bose-Einstein 凝聚区域的自俘获现象研究

在平均场理论和两模近似下,通过观察布居数差随时间的演化, 以及布居数差的平均随非线性相互作用参数的变化, 研究了对称双势阱以及势阱间高频调制时Fermi超流气体在unitarity区域和Bose-Einstein凝聚区域的自俘获现象. 给出了出现自俘获现象的边界条件;发现高频调制在一定调制范围内使自俘获现象更容易实现. 最后研究了初值对自俘获的影响, 发现初值的绝对值|s(0)|的增加更有利于自俘获的实现.     

Coupled Korteweg de Vries solitary wave of superfluid Bose-Fermi mixture

In this paper, the solitary waves in superfluid Bose-Fermi mixture are investigated under the limited case of a BEC regime, a BCS regime and unitarity. By using the transverse perturbation method, a coupled Korteweg de Vries (KdV) equation for the nonlinear solitary waves is derived. It is found that the scattering length between bosons and fermions has strong effect on the characters of the coupled solitary wave.     

Vortices in superfluid fermi gases through the BEC to BCS crossover

We have analyzed a single vortex at T=0 in a 3D superfluid atomic Fermi gas across a Feshbach resonance. On the BCS side, the order parameter varies on two scales: k(F)(-1)and the coherence length xi, while only variation on the scale of xi is seen away from the BCS limit. The circulating current has a peak value jmax which is a nonmonotonic function of 1/k(F)a(s) implying a maximum critical velocity approximately v(F) at unitarity. The number of fermionic bound states in the core decreases as we move from the BCS to the BEC regime. Remarkably, a bound state branch persists even on the BEC side reflecting the composite nature of bosonic molecules.     

The tunneling phenomena of the Fermi superfluid gases in a double-well potential by manipulating the s-wave scattering length

In the present work, we have investigated tunneling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gas in a double-well potential in deep BEC regime and in the unitarity regime by adjusting the scattering length or the interaction parameter y. The scattering length a _sc or y could affect the quantum transition dramatically. At certain regime, the complete population transfer between two modes can be obtained. However, at some other regimes, the quantum transition can be completely blocked.     

幺正极限附近费米气体反常激发模式的涡旋

在幺正极限附近研究了处于旋转外势中费米气体的量子化涡旋动力学. 选取适当的试探波函数并利用含时变分法, 得到了小振幅涡旋运动方程及描述其反常激发模式的解. 详细讨论了在幺正极限附近的反常模式产生的条件. 结果显示系统囚禁外势的临界转动频率在幺正极限附近随粒子间相互作用参数的增加而变大, 而涡旋进动的周期则随着粒子间相互作用参数的增加而减小. 关键词： 费米气体 涡旋 幺正极限     

Strongly interacting Fermi gases with density imbalance

We consider density-imbalanced Fermi gases of atoms in the strongly interacting, i.e., unitarity, regime. The Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a trapped superfluid are solved. They take into account the finite size of the system, as well as give rise to both phase separation and Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov-type oscillations in the order parameter. We show how radio-frequency spectroscopy reflects the phase separation, and can provide direct evidence of the FFLO-type oscillations via observing the nodes of the order parameter.     

Mean-field vs. Monte Carlo equation of state for the expansion of a Fermi superfluid in the BCS-BEC crossover

The equation of state (EOS) of a Fermi superfluid is investigated in the BCS-BEC crossover at zero temperature. We discuss the EOS based on Monte Carlo (MC) data and asymptotic expansions and the EOS derived from the extended BCS (EBCS) mean-field theory. Then we introduce a time-dependent density functional, based on the bulk EOS and Landau’s superfluid hydrodynamics with a von Weizsäcker-type correction, to study the free expansion of the Fermi superfluid. We calculate the aspect ratio and the released energy of the expanding Fermi cloud showing that MC EOS and EBCS EOS are both compatible with the available experimental data of ⁶Li atoms. We find that the released energy satisfies and approximate analytical formula that is quite accurate in the BEC regime. For an anisotropic droplet, our numerical simulations show an initially faster reversal of anisotropy in the BCS regime, later suppressed by the BEC fluid.     

Tunneling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gas in a triple-well potential

The tunneling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gas in a triple-well potential in the unitarity regime is investigated in the present paper. The fixed points of the (0, 0) mode and the (∏, ∏) mode are given. We find that the interaction parameter U and the coupling strength k could have an extreme effect on the quantum tunneling dynamics. We also find that, in the zero mode, only Josophson oscillation appears. However, for the ∏ mode, the trapping phenomena take place. An irregular oscillation of the particle number in each well could appear by adjusting the scanning period T* . It is noted that if the scanning period is less than a critical point T , the particle number will come back to the fixed point with small oscillation, while if T T* the particle number cannot come back to the fixed point, but with irregular oscillations. The dependence of the critical point T* on the system parameter of coupling strength k is numerically given.     

Induced P-wave superfluidity in asymmetric fermi gases

We show that two new intraspecies P-wave superfluid phases appear in two-component asymmetric Fermi systems with short-range S-wave interactions. In the BEC limit, phonons of the molecular BEC induce P-wave superfluidity in the excess fermions. In the BCS limit, density fluctuations induce P-wave superfluidity in both the majority and the minority species. These phases may be realized in experiments with spin-polarized Fermi gases.     

Self-trapping and Macroscopic Tunnelling of Superfluid Fermi Gases in Multi-well Potentials

We study the tunnelling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases trapped in multi-well system along the BEC-BCS crossover. Within the hydrodynamical model and by using the multi-mode approximation, the self-trapping dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases in multi-well system are obtained numerically. We find that the self-trapping to diffusion transition strongly depends on the well number. When the well number is less than three, the self-trapped state takes place easier on the BEC side than that on the BCS side. However, when the well number is larger than three, the self-trapped state takes place easier on the BCS side instead of the BEC side. Furthermore, by considering a superfluid of ⁴⁰K atoms, we obtain the zero-mode and π-mode Josephson frequencies of coherent atomic oscillations in double-well system. It is noteworthy that the Josephson mode, especially, the existence of π-mode frequency strongly depends on the atoms number on the BCS side.     

Breakdown of universality for unequal-mass Fermi gases with infinite scattering length

We treat small trapped unequal-mass two-component Fermi gases at unitarity within a nonperturbative microscopic framework and investigate the system properties as functions of the mass ratio κ, and the numbers N1 and N2 of heavy and light fermions. While equal-mass Fermi gases with infinitely large interspecies s-wave scattering length a(s) are universal, we find that unequal-mass Fermi gases are, for sufficiently large κ and in the regime where Efimov physics is absent, not universal. In particular, the (N?,N?) = (2, 1) and (3, 1) systems exhibit three-body and four-body resonances at κ=12.314(2) and 10.4(2), respectively, as well as surprisingly large finite-range effects. These findings have profound implications for ongoing experimental efforts and quantum simulation proposals that utilize unequal-mass atomic Fermi gases.     

Universal thermodynamics of degenerate quantum gases in the unitarity limit

We perform a systematic study of the thermodynamics of quantum gases in the unitarity limit. Our study is based on a "universality hypothesis" for the relevant energy scales which is supported by experiments and can be proven in the Boltzmann regime. It implies a universal form for the grand potential, which is specified by only a few universal numbers in the degenerate limit. This hypothesis provides a simple way to determine the density profile of a trapped fermion superfluid. It implies a superfluid bump in the density and gives the general expression of the second sound velocity of a homogeneous superfluid at unitarity.     

BCS-BEC crossover in a random external potential

We investigate the ground state properties of a disordered superfluid Fermi gas across the BCS-BEC (Bose-Einstein condensate) crossover. We show that, for weak disorder, both the depletion of the condensate fraction of pairs and the normal fluid density exhibit a nonmonotonic behavior as a function of the interaction parameter 1/k{F}a, reaching their minimum value near unitarity. We find that, moving away from the weak-coupling BCS regime, Anderson's theorem ceases to apply and the superfluid order parameter is more and more affected by the random potential.