Berry phase mediated chiral p-wave superfluids of fermionic cold atoms

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Abstract

Two-dimensional px+ipy superfluids or superconductors offer a playground for studying intriguing physics such as quantum teleportation, non-Abelian statistics, and topological quantum computation. Creating such a superfluid in cold fermionic atom optical traps using p-wave Feshbach resonance is turning out to be challenging. Here we propose a method to create a px+ipy superfluid directly from an s-wave interaction making use of a topological Berry phase. Methods to generate the required topological Berry phase in cold atomic systems will be discussed.

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Authors

  • Chuanwei Zhang

    • University of Washington
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

  • Sumanta Tewari

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

  • Roman Lutchyn

    • University of Maryland
    • Condensed Matter Theory Center, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

  • Sankar Das Sarma

    • Condensed Matter Theory Center, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Condensed Matter Theory Center, Department of Physics, UMD