Topological Fulde-Ferrell superfluids in triangular lattices

Long-Fei Guo, Peng Li, and Su Yi
Phys. Rev. A 95, 063610 – Published 16 June 2017

Abstract

Fulde-Ferrell (FF) Larkin-Ovchinnikov (LO) phases were proposed for superconductors or superfluids in a strong magnetic field. With the experimental progress in ultracold atomic systems, topological FFLO phases have also been put forward since it is a natural consequence of realizable spin-orbital coupling (SOC). In this paper, we theoretically investigate a triangular lattice model with SOC and an in-plane field. By constructing the phase diagram, we show that it produces gapped and gapless topological FF phases with Chern numbers C=±1,±2,3, and 4. We get the phase boundaries by the change in the sign of the Pfaffian. The chiral edge states for different topological FF phases also are elucidated.

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  • Received 18 January 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063610

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Long-Fei Guo1,2, Peng Li1,2,*, and Su Yi3,4,†

  • 1College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, 610064 Chengdu, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of High Energy Density Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • 3CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing 100190, China
  • 4School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 4588, Beijing 100049, China

  • *lipeng@scu.edu.cn
  • syi@itp.ac.cn

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Vol. 95, Iss. 6 — June 2017

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