Analysis of Particle Transfer by Periodic Lattice Modulation for Ultracold Fermionic Atom Systems in Three Dimensional Optical Lattice

Abstract

We analyze a ultracold fermionic atom system in a three dimensional optical lattice with a confinement harmonic potential, using the Hubbard model, and time-dependent Gutzwiller variational approach for numerical calculation. Our study is focused on the time evolution of the particle transfer when the lattice potential is modulated by adding a periodic one. The choice of the parameters such as the modulation frequency and amplitude and the particle number affects the particle transfer. We calculate the time evolution of the variance in the particle distribution, and show its dependence on the parameters. The lattice modulation turns out to work effectively in order to control the particle transfer, and will be a useful method in experiments for fermionic atom systems.

14pages, 11figures

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