1. BCS-BEC crossover at finite temperature in spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases.
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Lianyi He, Huang, Xu-Guang, Hui Hu, and Liu, Xia-Ji
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BOSE-Einstein condensation , *SPIN-orbit interactions , *ELECTRON gas , *TEMPERATURE effect , *PHASE transitions , *SUPERFLUIDITY - Abstract
By adopting a T-matrix-based method within the G0G approximation for the pair susceptibility, we study the effects of the pairing fluctuation on the three-dimensional spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases at finite temperature. The critical temperatures of the superfluid to normal phase transition are determined for three different types of spin-orbit coupling (SOC): (1) the extreme oblate (EO) or Rashba SOC, (2) the extreme prolate or equal Rashba-Dresselhaus SOC, and (3) the spherical (S) SOC. For EO- and S-type SOC, the SOC dependence of the critical temperature signals a crossover from BCS to BEC state; at strong SOC limit, the critical temperature recovers those of ideal BEC of rashbons. The pairing fluctuation induces a pseudogap in the fermionic excitation spectrum in both superfluid and normal phases. We find that, for EO- and S-type SOC, even at weak coupling, sufficiently strong SOC can induce sizable pseudogap. Our research suggests that the spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases may open new means to the study of the pseudogap formation in fermionic systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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