Supersolidity and magnetism are fundamental phenomena characterizing strongly correlated matter. Here we unveil a mechanism that directly connects these two regimes and can be experimentally accessed in ultracold atomic systems. Specifically, we exploit the distinctive properties of magnetic lanthanide atoms trapped in a one-dimensional antimagic wavelength optical lattice. This platform enables a realistic implementation of a triangular Bose-Hubbard ladder featuring two key ingredients: strong long-range interactions and tunable gauge fields. Owing to these properties, our numerical analysis reveals a robust lattice supersolid regime with finite fluxes in each triangular plaquette. Remarkably, we show that the density modulation of the supersolid phase and a finite gauge field induce magnetic ordering of the fluxes, forming ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic patterns. Our results thus reveal a quantum effect that bridges supersolidity and magnetism.

Flux Magnetism in a Strongly Interacting Dipolar Lattice Supersolid under Tunable Gauge Fields / Miotto, M., Lombardi, P., Ferioli, G., Fraxanet, J., Lewenstein, M., Tanzi, L., Barbiero, L.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 137:4(2026), pp. 1-8. [10.1103/tbp3-7rh3]

Flux Magnetism in a Strongly Interacting Dipolar Lattice Supersolid under Tunable Gauge Fields

Miotto, Michele;Barbiero, Luca
2026

Abstract

Supersolidity and magnetism are fundamental phenomena characterizing strongly correlated matter. Here we unveil a mechanism that directly connects these two regimes and can be experimentally accessed in ultracold atomic systems. Specifically, we exploit the distinctive properties of magnetic lanthanide atoms trapped in a one-dimensional antimagic wavelength optical lattice. This platform enables a realistic implementation of a triangular Bose-Hubbard ladder featuring two key ingredients: strong long-range interactions and tunable gauge fields. Owing to these properties, our numerical analysis reveals a robust lattice supersolid regime with finite fluxes in each triangular plaquette. Remarkably, we show that the density modulation of the supersolid phase and a finite gauge field induce magnetic ordering of the fluxes, forming ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic patterns. Our results thus reveal a quantum effect that bridges supersolidity and magnetism.
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