P Orth, Peter Cocks, Daniel Rachel, Stephan Buchhold, Michael Le Hur, Karyn Hofstetter, Walter Intensity plot of the single-particle spectral function A(k_y,omega ) = int _{k_x} A(k_x, k_y, omega ) as a function of ω and <em>k<sub>y</sub></em> for α = 1/6, λ<sub><em>x</em></sub> = 1.5, γ = 0.25 and different interaction strengths <em>U</em> <p><strong>Figure 5.</strong> Intensity plot of the single-particle spectral function A(k_y,\omega ) = \int _{k_x} A(k_x, k_y, \omega ) as a function of ω and <em>k<sub>y</sub></em> for α = 1/6, λ<sub><em>x</em></sub> = 1.5, γ = 0.25 and different interaction strengths <em>U</em>. Left panel is for <em>U</em> = 0.5, where the system is in the normal insulating phase, (middle) is for <em>U</em> = 1.0 where we find a metallic phase, and (right) is for <em>U</em> = 3.0, where the system is in the QSH phase. The spectral function visualizes the topological difference, in (left) no edge state is crossing the bulk gap while in (right) a pair of helical edge states is traversing the bulk gap.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Motivated by the recent progress in engineering artificial non-Abelian gauge fields for ultracold fermions in optical lattices, we investigate the time-reversal-invariant Hofstadter–Hubbard model. We include an additional staggered lattice potential and an artificial Rashba-type spin–orbit coupling term available in experiment. Without interactions, the system can be either a (semi)-metal, a normal or a topological insulator, and we present the non-Abelian generalization of the Hofstadter butterfly. Using a combination of real-space dynamical mean-field theory (RDMFT), analytical arguments, and Monte-Carlo simulations we study the effect of strong on-site interactions. We determine the interacting phase diagram, and discuss a scenario of an interaction-induced transition from a normal to a topological insulator. At half-filling and large interactions, the system is described by a quantum spin Hamiltonian, which exhibits exotic magnetic order due to the interplay of Rashba-type spin–orbit coupling and the artificial time-reversal-invariant magnetic field term. We determine the magnetic phase diagram: both for the itinerant model using RDMFT and for the corresponding spin model in the classical limit using Monte-Carlo simulations.</p> lattice;qsh;helical edge states;function;interaction strengths U;RDMFT;topological insulator;simulation;bulk gap;right;phase diagram;Hofstadter;term;model;Atomic Physics;Molecular Physics 2013-06-24
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