Tuesday, February 5, 2013

1302.0088 (Hui Hu et al.)

Universal impurity-induced bound state in topological superfluids    [PDF]

Hui Hu, Lei Jiang, Han Pu, Yan Chen, Xia-Ji Liu
We predict a universal mid-gap bound state in topological superfluids, induced by either non-magnetic or magnetic impurities in the strong scattering limit. This universal state is similar to the lowest-energy Caroli-de Gennes-Martricon bound state in a vortex core, but is bound to localized impurities. We argue that the observation of such a universal bound state can be a clear signature for identifying topological superfluids. We theoretically examine our argument for a spin-orbit coupled ultracold atomic Fermi gas trapped in a two-dimensional harmonic potential, by performing extensive self-consistent calculations within the mean-field Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory. A realistic scenario for observing universal bound state in ultracold $^{40}$K atoms is proposed.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0088

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