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Bose-Einstein Condensation with Entangled Order Parameter
We propose a practically accessible non-mean-field ground state of
Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), which occurs in an interspecies two-particle
entangled state, and is thus described by an entangled order parameter. A
suitably defined entanglement entropy is used as the characterization of the
non-mean-field nature, and is found to persist in a wide parameter regime. The
interspecies entanglement leads to novel interference terms in the dynamical
equations governing the single particle orbital wavefunctions. Experimental
feasibility and several methods of probe are discussed. We urge the study of
multi-channel scattering between different species of atoms.Comment: V1: 5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett.; V2: A couple of
very minor typos corrected, publishe
Superconducting phase with a chiral -wave pairing symmetry and Majorana fermions induced in a hole-doped semiconductor
We show that a chiral -wave superconducting pairing may be induced in
the lowest heavy hole band of a hole-doped semiconductor thin film through
proximity contact with an \textit{s}-wave superconductor. The chirality of the
pairing originates from the Berry phase accumulated for a heavy hole
moving along a close path on the Fermi surface. There exist three chiral
gapless Majorana edge states, in consistence with the chiral % -wave
pairing. We show the existence of zero energy Majorana fermions in vortices in
the semiconductor-superconductor heterostructure by solving the
Bogoliubov-de-Gennes equations numerically as well as analytically in the
strong confinement limit.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Topological Crystalline Insulator and Quantum Anomalous Hall States in IV-VI based Monolayers and their Quantum Wells
Different from the two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator, the 2D
topological crystalline insulator (TCI) phase disappears when the mirror
symmetry is broken, e.g., upon placing on a substrate. Here, based on a new
family of 2D TCIs - SnTe and PbTe monolayers - we theoretically predict the
realization of the quantum anomalous Hall effect with Chern number C = 2 even
when the mirror symmetry is broken. Remarkably, we also demonstrate that the
considered materials retain their large-gap topological properties in quantum
well structures obtained by sandwiching the monolayers between NaCl layers. Our
results demonstrate that the TCIs can serve as a seed for observing robust
topologically non-trivial phases.Comment: 5 pages, submitted on 27th Feb 201
Failure Probabilities and Tough-Brittle Crossover of Heterogeneous Materials with Continuous Disorder
The failure probabilities or the strength distributions of heterogeneous 1D
systems with continuous local strength distribution and local load sharing have
been studied using a simple, exact, recursive method. The fracture behavior
depends on the local bond-strength distribution, the system size, and the
applied stress, and crossovers occur as system size or stress changes. In the
brittle region, systems with continuous disorders have a failure probability of
the modified-Gumbel form, similar to that for systems with percolation
disorder. The modified-Gumbel form is of special significance in weak-stress
situations. This new recursive method has also been generalized to calculate
exactly the failure probabilities under various boundary conditions, thereby
illustrating the important effect of surfaces in the fracture process.Comment: 9 pages, revtex, 7 figure
Spin-orbit coupling and Berry phase with ultracold atoms in 2D optical lattices
We show how spin-orbit coupling and Berry phase can appear in two-dimensional
optical lattices by coupling atoms' internal degrees of freedom to radiation.
The Rashba Hamiltonian, a standard description of spin-orbit coupling for
two-dimensional electrons, is obtained for the atoms under certain
circumstances. We discuss the possibility of observing associated phenomena,
such as the anomalous Hall and spin Hall effects, with cold atoms in optical
lattices.Comment: 3 figure
Ab initio calculation of intrinsic spin Hall effect in semiconductors
Relativistic band theoretical calculations reveal that intrinsic spin Hall
conductivity in hole-doped archetypical semiconductors Ge, GaAs and AlAs is
large , showing the possibility of spin
Hall effect beyond the four band Luttinger Hamiltonian. The calculated
orbital-angular-momentum (orbital) Hall conductivity is one order of magnitude
smaller, indicating no cancellation between the spin and orbital Hall effects
in bulk semiconductors. Furthermore, it is found that the spin Hall effect can
be strongly manipulated by strains, and that the spin Hall conductivity in
the semiconductors is large in pure as well as doped semiconductors.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett. (accepted
Charge Hall effect driven by spin-dependent chemical potential gradients and Onsager relations in mesoscopic systems
We study theoretically the spin-Hall effect as well as its reciprocal
phenomenon (a transverse charge current driven by a spin-dependent chemical
potential gradient) in electron and hole finite size mesoscopic systems. The
Landauer-Buttiker-Keldysh formalism is used to model samples with mobilities
and Rashba coupling strengths which are experimentally accessible and to
demonstrate the appearance of measurable charge currents induced by the
spin-dependent chemical potential gradient in the reciprocal spin-Hall effect.
We also demonstrate that within the mesoscopic coherent transport regime the
Onsager relations are fulfilled for the disorder averaged conductances for
electron and hole mesoscopic systems.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, typos correcte
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