Exotic topological density waves in cold atomic Rydberg-dressed fermions

Xiaopeng Li () and S Das Sarma
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Xiaopeng Li: Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland
S Das Sarma: Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Versatile controllability of interactions in ultracold atomic and molecular gases has now reached an era where quantum correlations and unconventional many-body phases can be studied with no corresponding analogues in solid-state systems. Recent experiments in Rydberg atomic gases have achieved exquisite control over non-local interactions, allowing novel quantum phases unreachable with the usual local interactions in atomic systems. Here we study Rydberg-dressed atomic fermions in a three-dimensional optical lattice predicting the existence of hitherto unheard-of exotic mixed topological density wave phases. By varying the spatial range of the non-local interaction, we find various chiral density waves with spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking, whose quasiparticles form three-dimensional quantum Hall and Weyl semimetal states. Remarkably, certain density waves even exhibit mixed topologies beyond the existing topological classification. Our results suggest gapless fermionic states could exhibit far richer topology than previously expected.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8137

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