Superfluidity near phase separation in Bose-Fermi mixtures

We study the transition to fermion pair superfluidity in a mixture of interacting bosonic and fermionic atoms. The fermion interaction induced by the bosons and the dynamical screening of the condensate phonons due to fermions are included using the nonperturbative Hamiltonian flow equations. We determine the bosonic spectrum near the transition towards phase separation and find that the superfluid transition temperature may be increased substantially due to phonon damping.     

声子角动量与手性声子

在经典的物理学理论中,声子广泛地被认为是线极化的、不具有角动量的.最近的理论研究发现,在具有自旋声子相互作用的磁性体系(时间反演对称性破缺)中,声子可以携带非零的角动量,在零温时声子除了具有零点能以外还带有零点角动量;非零的声子角动量将会修正通过爱因斯坦-德哈斯效应测量的回磁比.在非磁性材料中,总的声子角动量为零,但是在空间反演对称性破缺的六角晶格体系中,其倒格子空间的高对称点上声子具有角动量,并具有确定的手性;三重旋转对称操作给予声子量子化的赝角动量,赝角动量的守恒将决定电子谷间散射的选择定则;此外还理论预测了谷声子霍尔效应.     

On surface plasmon damping in metallic nanoparticles

Two possible mechanisms of damping of surface plasmon (SP) oscillations in metallic nanoparticles (MNPs), not connected with the electron–phonon interaction, are investigated theoretically: (a) radiation damping of SPs and (b) resonant coupling of SP oscillations with electronic transitions in the matrix. For the mechanism (a) it is shown that the radiation damping rate is proportional to the number of electrons in a MNP and therefore this channel of energy outflow from the MNP becomes essential for relatively large particles. The strong frequency and size dependence of the radiation damping rate obtained allows us to separate the contributions of radiative processes and the electron–phonon interaction to the energy leakage. The investigation of the mechanism (b) shows that the rate of energy leakage of SP oscillations from a MNP does not depend on particle size and is fully determined by the optical characteristics of the matrix. It is demonstrated that for very small MNPs of -–3 5nm size, where the strong three-dimensional size quantization effect suppresses the electron–phonon interaction, the resonance coupling in certain cases provides an effective energy outflow. PACS 78.67.Bf     

Electric Field Effect on the Fractional Quantum Hall Conductivity

We have studied the effect of an external electric field on the dc fractional quantum Hall conductivity of a two-dimensional system with the dynamic structure function in the single-mode approximation. In analogy with the integral quantum Hall effect and euperconductivity, a gap-dependent critical electric current J_c, also exists in the case of fracctional quantum Hall conduction, above which is the maximum current for system to maintain superfluidity. We also find that, depending on the gap width and the phonon velocity, phonon may or may not contribute to the conductivity even at a finite lattice temperature, in agreement with experiments.     

Self-consistent determination of pairing and phonon amplitudes in many-phonon states

Self-consistent equations for the Bogolyubov transformation coefficients and quadrupole phonon amplitudes in many-phonon states are obtained. Variations of superfluidity parameters and phonon structure with increasing spins of the ground band are considered using the ¹¹⁸Te nucleus as an example.     

Energetic and dynamical instability of spin–orbit coupled Bose–Einstein condensate in a deep optical lattice

We investigate the energetic and dynamical instability of spin–orbit coupled Bose–Einstein condensate in a deep optical lattice via a tight-binding model. The stability phase diagram is completely revealed in full parameter space, while the dependence of superfluidity on the dispersion relation is illustrated explicitly. In the absence of spin–orbit coupling, the superfluidity only exists in the center of the Brillouin zone. However, the combination of spin–orbit coupling, Zeeman field, nonlinearity and optical lattice potential can modify the dispersion relation of the system, and change the position of Brillouin zone for generating the superfluidity. Thus, the superfluidity can appear in either the center or the other position of the Brillouin zone. Namely, in the center of the Brillouin zone, the system is either superfluid or Landau unstable, which depends on the momentum of the lowest energy. Therefore, the superfluidity can occur at optional position of the Brillouin zone by elaborating spin–orbit coupling, Zeeman splitting, nonlinearity and optical lattice potential. For the linear case, the system is always dynamically stable, however, the nonlinearity can induce the dynamical instability, and also expand the superfluid region. These predicted results can provide a theoretical evidence for exploring the superfluidity of the system experimentally.     

Criterion for bosonic superfluidity in an optical lattice

We show that the current method of determining superfluidity in optical lattices based on a visibly sharp bosonic momentum distribution n(k) can be misleading, for even a normal Bose gas can have a similarly sharp n(k). We show that superfluidity in a homogeneous system can be detected from the so-called visibility (v) of n(k)--that v must be 1 within O(N(-2/3)), where N is the number of bosons. We also show that the T=0 visibility of trapped lattice bosons is far higher than what is obtained in some current experiments, suggesting strong temperature effects and that these states can be normal. These normal states allow one to explore the physics in the quantum critical region.     

有限温度下二维Heisenberg铁磁系统的声子衰减

在二维正方Heisenberg铁磁系统的基础上建立了磁振子-声子相互作用模型. 利用松原格林函数理论研究了系统的声子衰减，计算了布里渊区的主要对称点线上的声子衰减曲线. 发现在第一布里渊区，在Δ线上，横向声频支声子无衰减，在Z线上，纵向声频支声子无衰减；横向声频支声子衰减比纵向声频支声子衰减至少大一个数量级，并讨论了各项参数的变化对横向声频支声子衰减与纵向声频支声子衰减的影响. 根据声子衰减与声子寿命的关系，声子衰减与声子态密度的关系，可以讨论横向声频支声子与纵向声频支声子的寿命与态密度. 关键词： 磁振子-声子相互作用 横向声频支声子衰减 纵向声频支声子衰减 声子寿命     

Instability of Bose-Einstein condensates moving in optical lattices

We investigate the Landau damping of Bogoliubov excitations in a dilute Bose gas moving in an optical lattice at a finite temperature. Using a 1D tight-binding model, we explicitly obtain the Landau damping rate, the sign of which determines the stability of the condensate. We find that the sign changes at a certain velocity, which is exactly the same as the critical velocity determined by the Landau criterion of superfluidity. This coincidence reveals the microscopic mechanism of the Landau instability.     

Spectroscopy of molecules in helium droplets

The work reviewed in the talk explores the possibilities of using molecules immersed in liquid helium as probes to study superfluidity on the microscopic level. For this purpose liquid ⁴He, ³He and mixed ⁴He/³He droplets consisting of 10³–10⁵ atoms have been doped with single molecules or a small defined number of molecules which form clusters in the droplet interior. The dopants were investigated with high-resolution optical spectroscopy. The electronic and rovibrational spectra show unusually sharp spectral lines and unexpected features such as a distinct gap between the zero phonon line and the phonon wing as well as the free rotations of single molecules. Both are not observed in colder nonsuperfluid ³He droplets and therefore are considered to be new microscopic manifestations of superfluidity. Spectroscopic studies of small p-H₂ and o-D₂ clusters surrounding a single chromophore molecule formed in the interior of the He droplets are also reported.     

Temperature and layer number dependence of the G and 2D phonon energy and damping in graphene

We have studied the temperature and size dependence of the G and 2D phonon modes in graphene. It is shown that in a graphene monolayer the phonon energy decreases whereas the phonon damping increases with increasing temperature. The electron-phonon interaction leads to hardening whereas the fourth-order anharmonic phonon-phonon processes lead to softening of the phonon energy with increasing temperature. We have shown that the electron-phonon interaction plays an important role also by the dispersion dependence of the phonon G mode, by the observation of the Kohn anomaly. The G mode frequency decreases and damping increases, whereas the 2D phonon frequency and damping increase with increasing layer number. The temperature and size effects of the 2D mode are much stronger than those of the G mode.     

INTERACTION BETWEEN A MOVING ATOM AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE

Dynamics of a two-level atom moving in an electromagnetic field is studied. The atomic motion gives rise to a momentum-dependent detuning which holds back the atomic transition, and leads to a momentum-dependent Rabi oscillation which causes an overlapping among different Rabi oscillations. When the field is in a Fock state, the atomic population and the mean momentum of the atom exhibit damping oscillation, the damping rate is related to the momentum distribution; the collapse-revival phenomena of the atomic population and the mean momentum will occur if the atomic momentum has some special distribution. When the field is in a superposition state, the collapse-revival phenomena are modified by the atomic momentum distribution and disappear for the wider atomic momentum wavepackets. We also find that each atomic level will split into two sublevels with the same energy difference when the field is in a Fock state and the atom has a definite momentum.     

有限温度下光频支声子-磁振子相互作用对磁振子寿命的影响

在二维复式正方Heisenberg铁磁系统的基础上建立了磁振子-声子相互作用模型.利用松原格林函数理论研究了系统的磁振子寿命,计算了布里渊区的主要对称点线上的磁振子衰减的变化曲线,比较了磁性离子的与非磁性离子的光频支声子对磁振子衰减的影响以及各项参数的变化和温度对磁振子衰减的影响.发现光频支声子-磁振子耦合对磁振子衰减起主要作用,尤其是纵向光频支声子对磁振子衰减起更大的作用,并且非磁性离子的光频支声子对磁振子衰减的作用比磁性离子的光频支声子对磁振子衰减的作用更显著.根据关系式-Im∑^*(1)(k)=/(2τ)可以对磁振子寿命进行判断. 关键词： 光频支声子-磁振子相互作用 磁振子衰减 磁振子寿命 绝缘复式正方铁磁体系统     

低温下二维绝缘铁磁体的磁振子寿命

在二维正方绝缘铁磁系统基础上建立了一个磁振子-声子相互作用模型. 利用格林函数方法研究了磁振子-声子相互作用下的二维绝缘铁磁体的磁振子衰减(即-ImΣ^*(1)(k)), 计算了布里渊区的主要对称点线上的-ImΣ^*(1)(k).发现在布里渊区边界区域磁振子衰减很明显, 但小波矢区(k_xa/π＜0.22附近)磁振子衰减非常弱, 而且温度很低时磁振子衰减有极大值. 比较了纵向声子与横向声子对磁振子衰减的影响, 也讨论了各项参数的变化对磁振子衰减的影响. 根据关系式-Im^*(1)(k)=/(2τ)可以对磁振子寿命进行判断. 关键词： 磁振子-声子相互作用 磁振子衰减 铁磁体 磁振子寿命     

The effect of normal phonon-phonon scattering processes on the maximum thermal conductivity of isotopically pure silicon crystals

The effect of normal phonon-phonon scattering processes on the thermal conductivity of silicon crystals with various degrees of isotope disorder is considered. The redistribution of phonon momentum in normal scattering processes is taken into account within each oscillation branch (the Callaway generalized model), as well as between different oscillation branches of the phonon spectrum (the Herring mechanism). The values of the parameters are obtained that determine the phonon momentum relaxation in anharmonic scattering processes. The contributions of the drift motion of longitudinal and transverse phonons to the thermal conductivity are analyzed. It is shown that the momentum redistribution between longitudinal and transverse phonons in the Herring relaxation model represents an efficient mechanism that limits the maximum thermal conductivity in isotopically pure silicon crystals. The dependence of the maximum thermal conductivity on the degree of isotope disorder is calculated. The maximum thermal conductivity of isotopically pure silicon crystals is estimated for two variants of phonon momentum relaxation in normal phonon-phonon scattering processes.     

Second sound in a laser cooled gas

We show that the second sound can exist in the ultra-cold gas of atoms confined and cooled in a magneto-optical trap. Our approach is based on a two-fluids model, similar to that used for superfluidity. Each of the fluids (the atomic gas and the phonon gas) is described by similar kinetic and fluid equation, which are coupled. The second sound modes are elementary excitations of these two coupled fluids. The ultra-cold gas could be used as an experimental test bed for detailed studies of the dispersion properties of the first and second sound.     

“Model Hamiltonian for one- and two-dimensional superfluids”

A model Hamiltonian describing bosons in one and two space dimensions interacting via a repulsive interparticle potential is shown to give rise to the phenomenon of superfluidity. The model has macroscopic occupation of infinitely many single-particle quantum states and the energy spectrum of the elementary excitations exhibits both phonon and roton features. Relations are found between the roton parameters, the speed of first sound and the condensate fraction where any two of them can be taken as independent variables. It is also shown that the type of condensate considered is not excluded by any rigorous proof.     

Theoretical study of phonon spectra in ferromagnetic nanoparticles

Based on the spin-phonon model we analyze the influence of surface and size effects on the phonon properties of ferromagnetic nanoparticles. A Green's function technique in real space enables us to calculate the renormalized phonon energy and its damping depending on the temperature and the anharmonic spin-phonon interaction constants. With decreasing particle size the phonon energy can decrease or increase for different surface spin-phonon interaction constants, whereas the damping increases always. The influence of an external magnetic field is discussed, too. The theoretical results are in reasonable accordance to experimental data.     

Supersolidity for hard-core-bosons coupled to optical phonons

The coexistence of diagonal long-range order (DLRO) and off-diagonal long-range order (ODLRO), manifested in some systems, is still a theoretical enigma. Here, we present a novel microscopic mechanism for supersolidity or the homogeneous coexistence of charge-density-wave state (an example of DLRO) and superfluidity/superconductivity (a realization of ODLRO). We derive an effective d-dimensional Hamiltonian for a system of hard-core-bosons coupled to optical phonons in a lattice. At non-half-fillings, a superfluid/superconductor to a supersolid transition occurs at intermediate boson–phonon couplings, while at strong-couplings the system phase separates. We demonstrate explicitly that the presence of next-nearest-neighbor hopping and nearest-neighbor repulsion leads to supersolidity.     

High field transport properties in a GaN/AlGaN heterostructure

The drift velocity, electron temperature, electron energy and momentum loss rates of a two-dimensional electron gas are calculated in a GaN/AlGaN heterojunction (HJ) at high electric fields employing the energy and momentum balance technique, assuming the drifted Fermi–Dirac (F–D) distribution function for electrons. Besides the conventional scattering mechanisms, roughness induced new scattering mechanisms such as misfit piezoelectric and misfit deformation potential scatterings are considered in momentum relaxation. Energy loss rates due to acoustic phonons and polar optical phonon scattering with hot phonon effect are considered. The calculated drift velocity, electron temperature and energy loss rate are compared with the experimental data and a good agreement is obtained. The hot phonon effect is found to reduce the drift velocity, energy and momentum loss rates, whereas it enhances the electron temperature. Also the effect of using drifted F–D distribution, due to high carrier density in GaN/AlGaN HJs, contrary to the drifted Maxwellian distribution function used in the earlier calculations, is brought out.