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Josephson effect in superfluid atomic Fermi-gases

Gh. -S. Paraoanu, M. Rodriguez, P. Torma

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0204376

Abstract

We consider an analog of the internal Josephson effect in superfluid atomic Fermi-gases. Four different hyperfine states of the atoms are assumed to be trapped and to form two superfluids via the BCS-type pairing. Weshow that Josephson oscillations can be realized by coupling the superfluids with two laser fields. Choosing the laser detunings in a suitable way leads to an asymmetric below-gap tunneling effect for which there exists no analogue in the context of solid-state superconductivity.

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