Quantum phases of cold polar molecules in 2D optical lattices.
We study the quantum phases of hard-core bosonic polar molecules on a two-dimensional square lattice interacting via repulsive dipole-dipole interactions. In the limit of small tunneling, we find evidence for a devil's staircase, where Mott solids appear at rational fillings of the lattice. For finite tunneling, we establish the existence of extended regions of parameters where the ground state is a supersolid, obtained by doping the solids either with particles or vacancies. We discuss the effects of finite temperature and finite-size confining potentials as relevant to experiments.
Capogrosso-Sansone
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ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Trefzger
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C
Lewenstein
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Zoller
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P
Pupillo
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