Emergent Kinetics and Fractionalized Charge in 1D Spin-Orbit Coupled Flatband Optical Lattices
dc.contributor.author | Lin, F. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Scarola, Vito W. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Physics | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-20T19:46:02Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-20T19:46:02Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-18 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Recent ultracold atomic gas experiments implementing synthetic spin-orbit coupling allow access to flatbands that emphasize interactions. We model spin-orbit coupled fermions in a one-dimensional flat band optical lattice. We introduce an effective Luttinger-liquid theory to show that interactions generate collective excitations with emergent kinetics and fractionalized charge, analogous to properties found in the two-dimensional fractional quantum Hall regime. Observation of these excitations would provide an important platform for exploring exotic quantum states derived solely from interactions. | en |
dc.description.version | Published version | en |
dc.format.extent | 5 pages | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.110404 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | en |
dc.identifier.issue | 11 | en |
dc.identifier.orcid | Scarola, VW [0000-0002-8653-2723] | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/75094 | en |
dc.identifier.volume | 112 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332925900001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=930d57c9ac61a043676db62af60056c1 | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Physics, Multidisciplinary | en |
dc.subject | Physics | en |
dc.subject | QUANTUM | en |
dc.subject | COLLISIONS | en |
dc.subject | WAVES | en |
dc.subject | GASES | en |
dc.subject | NOISE | en |
dc.title | Emergent Kinetics and Fractionalized Charge in 1D Spin-Orbit Coupled Flatband Optical Lattices | en |
dc.title.serial | Physical Review Letters | en |
dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech | en |
pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/All T&R Faculty | en |
pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Science | en |
pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Science/COS T&R Faculty | en |
pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Science/Physics | en |