Document Type
Article
Publication Date
September 2016
Publication Title
Science
Volume
353
Issue Number
6305
First Page
1260
Last Page
1264
DOI
10.1126/science.aag3349
Disciplines
Physics
Abstract
Strong electron correlations lie at the origin of high-temperature superconductivity. Its essence is believed to be captured by the Fermi-Hubbard model of repulsively interacting fermions on a lattice. Here we report on the site-resolved observation of charge and spin correlations in the two-dimensional (2D) Fermi-Hubbard model realized with ultracold atoms. Antiferromagnetic spin correlations are maximal at half-filling and weaken monotonically upon doping. At large doping, nearest-neighbor correlations between singly charged sites are negative, revealing the formation of a correlation hole, the suppressed probability of finding two fermions near each other. As the doping is reduced, the correlations become positive, signaling strong bunching of doublons and holes, in agreement with numerical calculations. The dynamics of the doublon-hole correlations should play an important role for transport in the Fermi-Hubbard model.
Recommended Citation
Lawrence Cheuk, Matthew Nichols, Katherine Lawrence, Melih Okan, Hao Zhang, Ehsan Khatami, Nandini Trivedi, Thereza Paiva, Marcos Rigol, and Martin Zwierlein. "Observation of spatial charge and spin correlations in the 2D Fermi-Hubbard model" Science (2016): 1260-1264. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag3349
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