Solids and Supersolids of Three-Body Interacting Polar Molecules on an Optical Lattice

Schmidt KP, Dorier J, Laeuchli AM (2008)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Journal

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Book Volume: 101

Journal Issue: 15

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.150405

Abstract

We study the physics of cold polar molecules loaded into an optical lattice in the regime of strong three-body interactions, as put forward recently by Buchler et al. [Nature Phys. 3, 726 (2007)]. To this end, quantum Monte Carlo simulations, exact diagonalization, and a semiclassical approach are used to explore hard-core bosons on the 2D square lattice which interact solely by long-ranged three-body terms. The resulting phase diagram shows a sequence of solid and supersolid phases. Our findings are directly relevant for future experimental implementations and open a new route towards the discovery of a lattice supersolid phase in experiment.

Authors with CRIS profile

Kai Phillip Schmidt Professur für Theoretische Physik

Involved external institutions

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Schmidt, K.P., Dorier, J., & Laeuchli, A.M. (2008). Solids and Supersolids of Three-Body Interacting Polar Molecules on an Optical Lattice. Physical Review Letters, 101(15). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.150405

MLA:

Schmidt, Kai Phillip, Julien Dorier, and Andreas M. Laeuchli. "Solids and Supersolids of Three-Body Interacting Polar Molecules on an Optical Lattice." Physical Review Letters 101.15 (2008).

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