Zhen Zheng, Ming Gong, Xubo Zou, Chuanwei Zhang, Guangcan Guo
The Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase, a superconducting state with non-zero total momentum Cooper pairs in a large magnetic field, was first predicted about 50 years ago, and since then became an important concept in many branches of physics. In recent years, the possibility of observing FFLO states using ultracold degenerate Fermi gases has sparked tremendous interest. However, unambiguous experimental evidence for FFLO states is still elusive because of the stringent parameter requirement in experiments. In this Letter, we show that a giant parameter region for FFLO states can be obtained in 3D degenerate Fermi gases in the presence of spin-orbit coupling and an in-plane Zeeman field, two ingredients that were already developed for cold atoms in recent experiments. The predicted FFLO state is stable against quantum fluctuations due to the 3D geometry, and can be observed with experimentally already achieved temperature ($T\sim 0.05E_{F}$), thus opens a new fascinating avenue for exploring FFLO physics in degenerate Fermi gases.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.2029
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