Spin-orbit coupling driven superfluid states in optical lattices at zero and finite temperatures
arXiv:2105.02747 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.104.043320
Abstract
We investigate the quantum phase transitions of a two-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model in the presence of a Rashba spin-orbit coupling with and without thermal fluctuations. The interplay of single-particle hopping, strength of spin-orbit coupling, and interspin interaction leads to superfluid phases with distinct properties. With interspin interactions weaker than intraspin interactions, the spin-orbit coupling induces two finite-momentum superfluid phases. One of them is a phase-twisted superfluid that exists at low hopping strengths and reduces the domain of insulating phases. At comparatively higher hopping strengths, there is a transition from the phase-twisted to a finite momenta stripe superfluid. With interspin interactions stronger than the intraspin interactions, the system exhibits phase-twisted to ferromagnetic phase transition. At finite temperatures, the thermal fluctuations destroy the phase-twisted superfluidity and lead to a wide region of normal-fluid states. These findings can be observed in recent quantum gas experiments with spin-orbit coupling in optical lattices.
arXiv comment10 pages, 9 figures, version accepted in Phys. Rev. A
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