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Temperature-Controlled Assembly and Characterization of a Droplet Interface Bilayer
Published on: April 19, 2021
Interlayer superfluidity in bilayer systems of fermionic polar molecules
A Pikovski1, M Klawunn, G V Shlyapnikov
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, 30169, Hannover, Germany.
Abstract:
We consider fermionic polar molecules in a bilayer geometry where they are oriented perpendicularly to the layers, which permits both low inelastic losses and superfluid pairing. The dipole-dipole interaction between molecules of different layers leads to the emergence of interlayer superfluids. The superfluid regimes range from BCS-like fermionic superfluidity with a high Tc to Bose-Einstein (quasi-)condensation of interlayer dimers, thus exhibiting a peculiar BCS-Bose-Einstein condensation crossover. We show that one can cover the entire crossover regime under current experimental conditions.
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