Correlation effects and collective excitations in bosonic bilayers: Role of quantum statistics, superfluidity, and the dimerization transition

A. Filinov
Phys. Rev. A 94, 013603 – Published 11 July 2016

Abstract

A two-component, two-dimensional (2D) dipolar bosonic system in the bilayer geometry is considered. By performing quantum Monte Carlo simulations in a wide range of layer spacings we analyze in detail the pair correlation functions, the static response function, and the kinetic and interaction energies. By reducing the layer spacing we observe a transition from weakly to strongly bound dimer states. The transition is accompanied by the onset of short-range correlations, suppression of the superfluid response, and rotonization of the excitation spectrum. A dispersion law and a dynamic structure factor for the in-phase (symmetric) and out-of-phase (antisymmetric) collective modes during the dimerization is studied in detail with the stochastic reconstruction method and the method of moments. The antisymmetric mode spectrum is most strongly influenced by suppression of the inlayer superfluidity (specified by the superfluid fraction γs=ρs/ρ). In a pure superfluid (normal fluid) phase, only an acoustic [optical (gapped)] mode is recovered. In a partially superfluid phase, both are present simultaneously, and the dispersion splits into two branches corresponding to a normal and a superfluid component. The spectral weight of the acoustic mode scales linearly with γs. This weight transfers to the optical branch when γs is reduced due to formation of dimer states. In summary, we demonstrate how the interlayer dimerization in dipolar bilayers can be uniquely identified by static and dynamic properties.

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  • Received 11 March 2016
  • Revised 27 April 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.013603

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

A. Filinov*

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, Leibnizstrasse 15, D-24098 Kiel, Germany and Joint Institute for High Temperatures RAS, Izhorskaya Str. 13, 125412 Moscow, Russia

  • *filinov@theo-physik.uni-kiel.de

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Vol. 94, Iss. 1 — July 2016

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