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Thermal versus quantum fluctuations of optical-lattice fermions

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Date
29/03/2012
Author
Campo Jr., V.L.
Capelle, K.
Hooley, Chris
Quintanilla, J.
Scarola, V.W.
Funder
EPSRC
Grant ID
EP/I031014/1
Keywords
QC Physics
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Abstract
We show that, for fermionic atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice, the fraction of atoms in doubly occupied sites is a highly nonmonotonic function of temperature. We demonstrate that this property persists even in the presence of realistic harmonic confinement, and that it leads to a suppression of entropy at intermediate temperatures that offers a route to adiabatic cooling. Our interpretation of the suppression is that such intermediate temperatures are simultaneously too high for quantum coherence and too low for significant thermal excitation of double occupancy thus offering a clear indicator of the onset of quantum fluctuations.
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Campo Jr. , V L , Capelle , K , Hooley , C , Quintanilla , J & Scarola , V W 2012 , ' Thermal versus quantum fluctuations of optical-lattice fermions ' , Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics , vol. 85 , no. 3 , 033644 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.033644
Publication
Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.033644
ISSN
1050-2947
Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2012 American Physical Society
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4858

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