We study the superfluid behavior of a population imbalanced ultracold atomic Fermi gases with a short range attractive interaction in a one-dimensional(1D)optical lattice,using a pairing fluctuation theory.We show tha...We study the superfluid behavior of a population imbalanced ultracold atomic Fermi gases with a short range attractive interaction in a one-dimensional(1D)optical lattice,using a pairing fluctuation theory.We show that,besides widespread pseudogap phenomena and intermediate temperature superfluidity,the superfluid phase is readily destroyed except in a limited region of the parameter space.We find a new mechanism for pair hopping,assisted by the excessive majority fermions,in the presence of continuum-lattice mixing,which leads to an unusual constant Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC)asymptote for Tc that is independent of pairing strength.In result,on the BEC side of unitarity,superfluidity,when it exists,may be strongly enhanced by population imbalance.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11774309 and 11674283)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(Grant No.LZ13A040001)。
文摘We study the superfluid behavior of a population imbalanced ultracold atomic Fermi gases with a short range attractive interaction in a one-dimensional(1D)optical lattice,using a pairing fluctuation theory.We show that,besides widespread pseudogap phenomena and intermediate temperature superfluidity,the superfluid phase is readily destroyed except in a limited region of the parameter space.We find a new mechanism for pair hopping,assisted by the excessive majority fermions,in the presence of continuum-lattice mixing,which leads to an unusual constant Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC)asymptote for Tc that is independent of pairing strength.In result,on the BEC side of unitarity,superfluidity,when it exists,may be strongly enhanced by population imbalance.
