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Tuning a magnetic Feshbach resonance with spatially modulated laser light
We theoretically investigate the control of a magnetic Feshbach resonance
using a bound-to-bound molecular transition driven by spatially modulated laser
light. Due to the spatially periodic coupling between the ground and excited
molecular states, there exists a band structure of bound states, which can
uniquely be characterized by some extra bumps in radio-frequency spectroscopy.
With the increasing of coupling strength, the series of bound states will cross
zero energy and directly result in a number of scattering resonances, whose
position and width can be conveniently tuned by the coupling strength of the
laser light and the applied magnetic field (i.e., the detuning of the ground
molecular state). In the presence of the modulated laser light, universal
two-body bound states near zero-energy threshold still exist. However, compared
with the case without modulation, the regime for such universal states is
usually small. An unified formula which embodies the influence of the modulated
coupling on the resonance width is given. The spatially modulated coupling also
implies a local spatially varying interaction between atoms. Our work proposes
a practical way of optically controlling interatomic interactions with high
spatial resolution and negligible atomic loss.Comment: 9pages, 5figur
Symmetry Reduction and Boundary Modes for Fe-Chains on an s-wave Superconductor
We investigate the superconducting phase diagram and boundary modes for a
quasi-1D system formed by three Fe-Chains on an s-wave superconductor,
motivated by the recent Princeton experiment. The onsite
spin-orbit term, inter-chain diagonal hopping couplings, and magnetic disorders
in the Fe-chains are shown to be crucial for the superconducting phases, which
can be topologically trivial or nontrivial in different parameter regimes. For
the topological regime a single Majorana and multiple Andreew bound modes are
obtained in the ends of the chain, while for the trivial phase only low-energy
Andreev bound states survive. Nontrivial symmetry reduction mechanism induced
by the term, diagonal hopping couplings, and magnetic
disorder is uncovered to interpret the present results. Our study also implies
that the zero-bias peak observed in the recent experiment may or may not
reflect the Majorana zero modes in the end of the Fe-chains.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; some minor errors are correcte
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