Abstract
We propose to realize a p-wave superfluid using bosons mixed with a single species of fermions in a deep optical lattice. We analyze with a self-consistent method its excitation spectrum in presence of a vortex, and we point out the range of interaction strengths in which the zero-energy mode with topological character exists on a finite optical lattice. Lattice effects are strongest close to fermionic half filling: here the linearity of the low-lying spectrum is lost, and a new class of extended zero-energy modes with checkerboard structure and d-wave symmetry appears. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 031607 |
Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 3 |
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Publication status | Published - 22 Mar 2010 |