Pair-supersolid phase in a bilayer system of dipolar lattice bosons

TL;DR

This paper predicts a new pair-supersolid phase in a bilayer system of dipolar bosons, arising from the interplay of long-range interactions and multiple species, with potential realization in optical lattices.

Contribution

It introduces the first theoretical prediction of a pair-supersolid phase resulting from long-range interactions and multiple species in a bilayer dipolar bosonic system.

Findings

Discovery of a stable pair-supersolid phase

Proposed implementation with dipolar bosons in optical lattices

Analysis of phase coexistence and stability

Abstract

The competition between tunneling and interactions in bosonic lattice models generates a whole variety of different quantum phases. While, in the presence of a single species interacting via on-site interaction, the phase diagram presents only superfluid or Mott insulating phases, for long-range interactions or multiple species, exotic phases such as supersolid (SS) or pair-superfluid (PSF) appear. In this work, we show for the first time that the co-existence of effective multiple species and long-range interactions leads to the formation of a novel pair-supersolid (PSS) phase, namely a supersolid of composites. We propose a possible implementation with dipolar bosons in a bilayer two-dimensional optical lattice.