We study the superfluid and insulating phases of interacting bosons on the triangular lattice with an inverted dispersion, corresponding to frustrated hopping between sites. The resulting single-particle dispersion has multiple minima at nonzero wave vectors in momentum space, in contrast to the unique zero-wave-vector minimum of the unfrustrated problem. As a consequence, the superfluid phase is unstable against developing additional chiral order that breaks time-reversal ( $\mathcal{T}$ ) and parity ( $\mathcal{P}$ ) symmetries by forming a condensate at nonzero wave vector. We demonstrate that the loss of superfluidity can lead to an even more exotic phase, the chiral Mott insulator, with nontrivial current order that breaks $\mathcal{T},\mathcal{P}$ . These results are obtained via variational estimates, as well as a combination of bosonization and density-matrix renormalization group of triangular ladders, which, taken together, permit a fairly complete characterization of the phase diagram. We discuss the relevance of these phases to optical lattice experiments, as well as signatures of chiral symmetry breaking in time-of-flight images.We study the superfluid and insulating phases of interacting bosons on the triangular lattice with an inverted dispersion, corresponding to frustrated hopping between sites. The resulting single-particle dispersion has multiple minima at nonzero wave vectors in momentum space, in contrast to the unique zero-wave-vector minimum of the unfrustrated problem. As a consequence, the superfluid phase is unstable against developing additional chiral order that breaks time-reversal ($\mathcal{T}$) and parity ($\mathcal{P}$) symmetries by forming a condensate at nonzero wave vector. We demonstrate that the loss of superfluidity can lead to an even more exotic phase, the chiral Mott insulator, with nontrivial current order that breaks $\mathcal{T},\mathcal{P}$. These results are obtained via variational estimates, as well as a combination of bosonization and density-matrix renormalization group of triangular ladders, which, taken together, permit a fairly complete characterization of the phase diagram. We discuss the relevance of these phases to optical lattice experiments, as well as signatures of chiral symmetry breaking in time-of-flight images.

arXiv:1308.3237Physical Review BApr 30, 201439 citations

Non-invertible bosonic chiral symmetry on the lattice

Anonymous

Physical Review XSep 8, 20260 citations

Bose-Hubbard triangular ladder in an artificial gauge field

Catalin-Mihai Halati, Thierry Giamarchi

We consider interacting bosonic particles on a two-leg triangular ladder in the presence of an artificial gauge field. We employ density matrix renormalization group numerical simulations and analytical bosonization calculations to study the rich phase diagram of this system. We show that the interplay between the frustration induced by the triangular lattice geometry and the interactions gives rise to multiple chiral quantum phases. Phase transitions between superfluid to Mott-insulating states occur, which can have Meissner or vortex character. Furthermore, a state that explicitly breaks the symmetry between the two legs of the ladder, the biased chiral superfluid, is found for values of the flux close to $\ensuremath{\pi}$. In the regime of hard-core bosons, we show that the extension of the bond order insulator beyond the case of the fully frustrated ladder exhibits Meissner-type chiral currents. We discuss the consequences of our findings for experiments in cold atomic systems.We consider interacting bosonic particles on a two-leg triangular ladder in the presence of an artificial gauge field. We employ density matrix renormalization group numerical simulations and analytical bosonization calculations to study the rich phase diagram of this system. We show that the interplay between the frustration induced by the triangular lattice geometry and the interactions gives rise to multiple chiral quantum phases. Phase transitions between superfluid to Mott-insulating states occur, which can have Meissner or vortex character. Furthermore, a state that explicitly breaks the symmetry between the two legs of the ladder, the biased chiral superfluid, is found for values of the flux close to $\ensuremath{\pi}$. In the regime of hard-core bosons, we show that the extension of the bond order insulator beyond the case of the fully frustrated ladder exhibits Meissner-type chiral currents. We discuss the consequences of our findings for experiments in cold atomic systems.

arXiv:2210.14594Physical Review ResearchFeb 17, 202327 citations

\mathcal{T}

) and parity (

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) symmetries by forming a condensate at nonzero wave vector. We demonstrate that the loss of superfluidity can lead to an even more exotic phase, the chiral Mott insulator, with nontrivial current order that breaks

\mathcal{T},\mathcal{P}

. These results are obtained via variational estimates, as well as a combination of bosonization and density-matrix renormalization group of triangular ladders, which, taken together, permit a fairly complete characterization of the phase diagram. We discuss the relevance of these phases to optical lattice experiments, as well as signatures of chiral symmetry breaking in time-of-flight images.