Spontaneous Time Reversal Breaking of Majorana Fermions in Dipolar Systems Yi Li and Congjun Wu University of California, San Diego APS March Meeting Dallas, TX; Mar. 22, 2011
Ultracold Dipolar Fermion Molecules Anisotropy channel dominant pairing [Baranov et. al. 2002] Unconventional Single component p-wave Cooper pairing Anisotropy Repulsive Attractive Shoulder by Shoulder Head to Tail Experiments 40 K 87 Rb polar molecules [Ni et. al, 2008, etc …]
x y z Majorana Fermions in the Tube Lattices of Dipolar Fermion Molecules Each x-y plane: Andreev Bound States → 1D or 2D Majorana fermions lattices. Dispersionless in k x and k y Kitaev, 2000; Tewari, et al, 2007; Alicea, et al, 2010; etc... z-direction: 1D tube of p z pairing fermions Andreev bound states localized at ends z 0 with energy zero.
Josephson Coupling between Parallel Dipolar Molecule Tubes L>>ξ leading order L>>ξ z [Kitaev, 2000; Yakovenko et al, 2004; Fu and Kane, 2009; Xu and Fu, 2010]
1D Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Model Electron-phonon interaction → Dimerization (modulation of the lattice distortion) CH
1D Chain of Majorana States Majorana - Superfluid phase coupling → (modulation of the phases)
2D Majorana Honeycomb Lattice Assuming constant superfluid phase difference |Δθ|, the system prefers a vortex free state. [Lieb, 1994; Kitaev, 2006] =
2D Majorana Square Lattice Fermion vortex state (vorticity =1 ) Majorana π-flux state θ=0 θ=π/2 θ=π θ=3π/2
Conclusion p z -wave Cooper pairing in dipolar Fermion molecule systems Majorana fermions at z-direction ends of the dipolar tube lattices Interaction between Majorana fermions and fermion superfluid phases Spontaneous TR breaking phases on Majorana lattices Theoretical Challenges Further numerical simulation of the TR breaking Phases of Majorana lattices Experimental Challenges Stability and manipulation of dipolar tube lattices Thank you!
c.f. 1D Su Schrieffer Heeger Model 1D Chain of Majorana States electron-phonon interaction → dimerization (modulation of the lattice distortion) CH 1D Majorana Chain with current majorana - superfluid phase coupling → (modulation of the phases) CH