Coexistence of superfluid and Mott phases of lattice bosons
Roman A. Barankov, Courtney Lannert, Smitha Vishveshwara
Recent experiments on strongly interacting bosons in optical lattices have revealed the coexistence of spatially separated Mott-insulating and number-fluctuating phases. We explore the condensate properties of the number fluctuating phase trapped between the Mott-insulating regions and derive the associated collective-mode structure. We discuss the crossover of the interlayer properties between two- and three-dimensional behavior as a function of the lattice parameters and estimate the critical temperatures for the transition from the normal to superfluid state.
arXiv:cond-mat/0611126•Physical Review A•Jun 21, 2007•16 citations