Modern Physics Letters B
EFFECTS OF THE NEXT-NEAREST-NEIGHBOR HOPPING IN OPTICAL LATTICES
Yune Gao, Fuxiang Han
Abstract
Introducing the next-nearest-neighbor hopping t′ into the Bose–Hubbard model, we study its effects on the phase diagram, on the ground-state energy, and on the quasiparticle and quasihole dispersion relations of the Mott insulating phase in optical lattices. We have found that a negative value of t′ enlarges the Mott-insulating region on the phase diagram, while a positive value of t′ acts oppositely. We have also found that the effects of t′ are dependent on the dimensionality of optical lattices with its effects largest in three-dimensional optical lattices.