# Modulation Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Double Occupancies in a Fermionic Mott Insulator

 Title: Modulation Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Double Occupancies in a Fermionic Mott Insulator Author: Sensarma, Rajdeep; Pekker, David; Demler, Eugene A.; Lukin, Mikhail D. Note: Order does not necessarily reflect citation order of authors. Citation: Sensarma, Rajdeep, David Pekker, Mikhail Lukin, and Eugene Demler. 2009. Modulation spectroscopy and dynamics of double occupancies in a fermionic mott insulator. Phys. Rev. Letters 103(3): 035303. Full Text & Related Files: 0902.2586v1.pdf (171.4Kb; PDF) Abstract: We calculate the rate of creation of double occupancies in a 3D Fermionic Mott insulator near half-filling by modulation of optical lattice potential. At high temperatures, incoherent holes lead to a broad response peaked at the Hubbard repulsion $$U$$. At low temperatures, antiferromagnetic order leads to a coherent peak for the hole along with broad features representing spin wave shake-off processes. This is manifested in the doublon creation rate as a sharp absorption edge and oscillations as a function of modulating frequency. Thus, modulation spectroscopy can be used as a probe of antiferromagnetic order and nature of quasiparticle excitations in the system. Published Version: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.035303 Other Sources: http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2586v1 Terms of Use: This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Open Access Policy Articles, as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#OAP Citable link to this page: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8166680 Downloads of this work: