Periodic dynamics of population-imbalanced fermionic condensates in optical lattices

TL;DR

This paper studies the periodic behavior of population-imbalanced fermionic condensates in optical lattices, revealing how Feshbach detuning influences oscillations and encodes information about imbalance and phase structure.

Contribution

It demonstrates the existence of periodic condensate fluctuations beyond a certain detuning threshold and links oscillation characteristics to system imbalance and phase properties.

Findings

Condensate fraction oscillates periodically beyond a threshold detuning.

Oscillation frequency varies linearly with detuning.

Slope and intercept reveal imbalance and phase structure information.

Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of a population-imbalanced two-species fermionic system trapped in an optical lattice. The paired fermions here can form bosonic molecules via Feshbach coupling in the presence of an external magnetic field. It is shown that the natural fluctuations of the condensate fraction are periodic beyond a threshold Feshbach detuning; and below this threshold value, the condensate fraction shows no oscillation at all. The oscillation frequency vs. detuning curve is linear in nature. The slope and intercept of this line are shown to carry important information about the amount of imbalance present in the system, and the momentum space structure of the exotic phases.