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Magnetic phases of bosons with synthetic spin-orbit coupling in optical lattices

arXiv:1205.3116 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.061605

Abstract

We investigate magnetic properties in the superfluid and Mott-insulating states of two-component bosons with spin-orbit (SO) coupling in 2D square optical lattices. The spin-independent hopping integral and SO coupled one are fitted from band structure calculations in the continuum, which exhibit oscillations as increasing SO coupling strength. The magnetic superexchange model is derived in the Mott-insulating state with one-particle per-site, characterized by the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya (DM) interaction. In the limit of , we find a spin spiral Mott state whose pitch value is the same as that in the incommensurate superfluid state, while in the opposite limit , the ground state can be found by a dual transformation to the limit.

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