Inhomogeneous superfluid phases of spatially separated trapped fermions

ORAL

Abstract

Cold atom experiments that separately trap two species of interacting fermionic atoms offer the possibility of controlling pairing by adjusting the separation between the two trapping potentials. A nonzero separation between the two traps is effectively equivalent to a spatially-dependent local chemical potential difference for the two species. We explore potential inhomogeneous FFLO-type superfluid phases within this setup as a function of interaction strength and trap separation.

Authors

  • Kuei Sun

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Julia S. Meyer

    • The Ohio State University
  • Daniel E. Sheehy

    • Louisiana State University
  • Smitha Vishveshwara

    • Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign