Dynamical quantum phase transitions in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate and criticality enhanced quantum sensing

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Main Authors: Zhou, Lu, Kong, Jia, Lan, Zhihao, Zhang, Weiping
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Published: 2022
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author Zhou, Lu
Kong, Jia
Lan, Zhihao
Zhang, Weiping
author_facet Zhou, Lu
Kong, Jia
Lan, Zhihao
Zhang, Weiping
contents Quantum phase transitions universally exist in the ground and excited states of quantum many-body systems, and they have a close relationship with the nonequilibrium dynamical phase transitions, which however are challenging to identify. In the system of spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates, though dynamical phase transitions with correspondence to equilibrium phase transitions in the ground state and uppermost excited state have been probed, those taken place in intermediate excited states remain untouched in experiments thus far. Here we unravel that both the ground and excited-state quantum phase transitions in spinor condensates can be diagnosed with dynamical phase transitions. A connection between equilibrium phase transitions and nonequilibrium behaviors of the system is disclosed in terms of the quantum Fisher information. We also demonstrate that near the critical points parameter estimation beyond standard quantum limit can be implemented. This work not only advances the exploration of excited-state quantum phase transitions via a scheme that can immediately be applied to a broad class of few-mode quantum systems, but also provides new perspective on the relationship between quantum criticality and quantum enhanced sensing.
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spellingShingle Dynamical quantum phase transitions in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate and criticality enhanced quantum sensing
Zhou, Lu
Kong, Jia
Lan, Zhihao
Zhang, Weiping
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
Quantum phase transitions universally exist in the ground and excited states of quantum many-body systems, and they have a close relationship with the nonequilibrium dynamical phase transitions, which however are challenging to identify. In the system of spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates, though dynamical phase transitions with correspondence to equilibrium phase transitions in the ground state and uppermost excited state have been probed, those taken place in intermediate excited states remain untouched in experiments thus far. Here we unravel that both the ground and excited-state quantum phase transitions in spinor condensates can be diagnosed with dynamical phase transitions. A connection between equilibrium phase transitions and nonequilibrium behaviors of the system is disclosed in terms of the quantum Fisher information. We also demonstrate that near the critical points parameter estimation beyond standard quantum limit can be implemented. This work not only advances the exploration of excited-state quantum phase transitions via a scheme that can immediately be applied to a broad class of few-mode quantum systems, but also provides new perspective on the relationship between quantum criticality and quantum enhanced sensing.
title Dynamical quantum phase transitions in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate and criticality enhanced quantum sensing
topic Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.11415