Realization and Detection of Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov Superfluid Phases in Trapped Atomic Fermion Systems
arXiv:cond-mat/0504691 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.218903
Abstract
In a very interesting recent Letter\cite{machida}, the authors suggested the possibility of realizing the spatially modulated, or Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superfluid state in trapped atomic fermion systems. The authors this Letter used a 1D mean field solution as guidance to estimate the parameter range for the existence of the FFLO phase, and also discussed the possibility of its detection by imaging the atomic density of the system. In this comment I wish to make two points. (i) In 1D there exists an exact solution based on bosonization, which fully takes into account the important quantum fluctuation effects\cite{yang01}; the exact solution suggests a wider parameter range for the FFLO state than that obtained from the mean-field solution of the present Letter. (ii) One can detect the FFLO pairing (in which Cooper pairs carry finite momenta) more directly by extending the methods used to detect BCS pairing\cite{regal,altman,greiner}.
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