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Novel vortex structures in dipolar condensates
We investigate the properties of single vortices and of vortex lattice in a
rotating dipolar condensate. We show that vortices in this system possess many
novel features induced by the long-range anisotropic dipolar interaction
between particles. For example, when the dipoles are polarized along the
rotation axis, vortices may display a crater-like structure; when dipoles are
polarized orthogonal to the rotation axis, vortex cores takes an elliptical
shape and the vortex lattice no longer possesses hexagonal symmetry.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Phase Separation in Bose-Fermi-Fermi Mixtures as a Probe of Fermi Superfluidity
We study the phase diagram of a mixture of Bose-Einstein condensate and a
two-component Fermi gas. In particular, we identify the regime where the
homogeneous system becomes unstable against phase separation. We show that,
under proper conditions, the phase separation phenomenon can be exploited as a
robust probe of Fermi superfluid
Density oscillations in trapped dipolar condensates
We investigated the ground state wave function and free expansion of a
trapped dipolar condensate. We find that dipolar interaction may induce both
biconcave and dumbbell density profiles in, respectively, the pancake- and
cigar-shaped traps. On the parameter plane of the interaction strengths, the
density oscillation occurs only when the interaction parameters fall into
certain isolated areas. The relation between the positions of these areas and
the trap geometry is explored. By studying the free expansion of the condensate
with density oscillation, we show that the density oscillation is detectable
from the time-of-flight image.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figure
Spontaneous spin textures in dipolar spinor condensates
We have mapped out a detailed phase diagram that shows the ground state
structure of a spin-1 condensate with magnetic dipole-dipole interactions. We
show that the interplay between the dipolar and the spin-exchange interactions
induces a rich variety of quantum phases that exhibit spontaneous magnetic
ordering in the form of intricate spin textures.Comment: 4.1 pages, 4 figure
Making vortices in dipolar spinor condensates via rapid adiabatic passage
We propose to the create vortices in spin-1 condensates via magnetic
dipole-dipole interaction. Starting with a polarized condensate prepared under
large axial magnetic field, we show that by gradually inverting the field,
population transfer among different spin states can be realized in a controlled
manner. Under optimal condition, we generate a doubly quantized vortex state
containing nearly all atoms in the condensate. The resulting vortex state is a
direct manifestation of the dipole-dipole interaction and spin textures in
spinor condensates. We also point out that the whole process can be
qualitatively described by a simple rapid adiabatic passage model.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Dynamical properties of dipolar Fermi gases
We investigate dynamical properties of a one-component Fermi gas with
dipole-dipole interaction between particles. Using a variational function based
on the Thomas-Fermi density distribution in phase space representation, the
total energy is described by a function of deformation parameters in both real
and momentum space. Various thermodynamic quantities of a uniform dipolar Fermi
gas are derived, and then instability of this system is discussed. For a
trapped dipolar Fermi gas, the collective oscillation frequencies are derived
with the energy-weighted sum rule method. The frequencies for the monopole and
quadrupole modes are calculated, and softening against collapse is shown as the
dipolar strength approaches the critical value. Finally, we investigate the
effects of the dipolar interaction on the expansion dynamics of the Fermi gas
and show how the dipolar effects manifest in an expanded cloud.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, submitted to New J. Phy
Finite-Temperature Study of Bose-Fermi Superfluid Mixtures
Ultra-cold atom experiments offer the unique opportunity to study mixing of
different types of superfluid states. Our interest is in superfluid mixtures
comprising particles with different statistics- Bose and Fermi. Such scenarios
occur naturally, for example, in dense QCD matter. Interestingly, cold atomic
experiments are performed in traps with finite spatial extent, thus critically
destabilizing the occurrence of various homogeneous phases. Critical to this
analysis is the understanding that the trapped system can undergo phase
separation, resulting in a unique situation where phase transition in either
species (bosons or fermions) can overlap with the phase separation between
possible phases. In the present work, we illustrate how this intriguing
interplay manifests in an interacting 2-species atomic mixture - one bosonic
and another fermionic with two spin components - within a realistic trap
configuration. We further show that such interplay of transitions can render
the nature of the ground state to be highly sensitive to the experimental
parameters and the dimensionality of the system.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures; Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Eliminating the mean-field shift in multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates
We demonstrate that the nonlinear mean-field shift in a multi-component
Bose-Einstein condensate may be eliminated by controlling the two-body
interaction coefficients. This modification is achieved by, e.g., suitably
engineering the environment of the condensate. We consider as an example the
case of a two-component condensate in a tightly confining atom waveguide.
Modification of the atom-atom interactions is then achieved by varying
independently the transverse wave function of the two components. Eliminating
the density dependent phase shift in a high-density atomic beam has important
applications in atom interferometry and precision measurement
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