Abstract

Two-dimensional (p(x) + ip(y)) superfluids or superconductors offer a playground for studying intriguing physics such as quantum teleportation, non-Abelian statistics, and topological quantum computation. Creating such a superfluid in cold fermionic atom optical traps using p-wave Feshbach resonance is turning out to be challenging. Here we propose a method to create a p(x) + ip(y) superfluid directly from an s-wave interaction making use of a topological Berry phase, which can be artificially generated. We discuss ways to detect the spontaneous Hall mass current, which acts as a diagnostic for the chiral p-wave superfluid.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2008
Volume
101
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.160401
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Contributors