High-Temperature Superfluidity of Fermionic Atoms in Optical Lattices
Walter HofstetterPhysics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USAJ. I. CiracMax-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, GermanyP. ZollerInstitute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, AustriaEugene DemlerPhysics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138Mikhail D. LukinPhysics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
2002en
ABI
Abstract
Fermionic atoms confined in a potential created by standing wave light can undergo a phase transition to a superfluid state at a dramatically increased transition temperature. Depending upon carefully controlled parameters, a transition to a superfluid state of Cooper pairs, antiferromagnetic states or d-wave pairing states can be induced and probed under realistic experimental conditions. We describe an atomic physics experiment that can provide critical insight into the origin of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates.
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