First- and second-order superfluid--Mott-insulator phase transitions of spin-1 bosons with coupled ground states in optical lattices

Abstract

We investigate the superfluid--Mott-insulator quantum phase transition of spin-1 bosons in an optical lattice created by pairs of counterpropagating linearly polarized laser beams, driving an $F_g=1$ to $F_e=1$ internal atomic transition. The whole parameter space of the resulting two-component Bose-Hubbard model is studied. We find that the phase transition is not always second order as in the case of spinless bosons, but can be first order in certain regions of the parameter space. The calculations are done in the mean-field approximation by means of exact numerical diagonalization as well as within the framework of perturbaton theory.

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• Cold bosonic atoms in optical lattices
• Spinor Bose Condensates in Optical Traps
• Quantum phases in an optical lattice
• Spin-1 bosons with coupled ground states in optical lattices

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