Interaction- and filling-induced quantum anomalous Hall effect in ultracold neutral Bose-Fermi mixtures on a hexagonal lattice
Shang-Shun Zhang, Heng Fan, Wu-Ming Liu
We investigate the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a mixture of ultracold neutral bosons and fermions held on a hexagonal optical lattice. In the strong atom-atom interaction limit, composite fermions composed of one fermion with bosons or bosonic holes in the mixture are formed. Such composite fermions have already been generated successfully in experiment [Nat. Phys. 7, 642 (2011)]. Here we predict that this kind of composite fermion may provide a realization of the quantum anomalous Hall effect by tuning the atom-atom interaction or the filling of the bosons in the mixture. We also discuss the corresponding experimental signatures of the quantum anomalous Hall effect in the Bose-Fermi mixture on hexagonal optical lattice.
arXiv:1204.4050•Physical Review A•Feb 19, 2013•6 citations