Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 070404 (2009) [4 pages]Stabilization of the p-Wave Superfluid State in an Optical LatticeReceived 20 May 2009; revised 17 July 2009; published 14 August 2009 It is hard to stabilize the p-wave superfluid state of cold atomic gas in free space due to inelastic collisional losses. We consider the p-wave Feshbach resonance in an optical lattice, and show that it is possible to have a stable p-wave superfluid state where the multiatom collisional loss is suppressed through the quantum Zeno effect. We derive the effective Hamiltonian for this system, and calculate its phase diagram in a one-dimensional optical lattice. The results show rich phase transitions between the p-wave superfluid state and different types of insulator states induced either by interaction or by dissipation. © 2009 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.070404
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.070404
PACS:
05.30.Fk, 03.75.Ss, 34.50.−s
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