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Main Authors: Li, Hai-Chao, Huang, Wen, Xiong, Wei
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08602
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author Li, Hai-Chao
Huang, Wen
Xiong, Wei
author_facet Li, Hai-Chao
Huang, Wen
Xiong, Wei
contents Superradiant phase transitions play a fundamental role in understanding the mechanism of collective light-matter interaction at the quantum level. Here we investigate multiple superradiant phases and phase transitions with different symmetry-breaking patterns in a two-mode V-type Dicke model. Interestingly, we show that there exists a quadruple point where one normal phase, one global symmetry-breaking superradiant phase and two local symmetry-breaking superradiant phases meet. Such a global phase results from the phase competition between two local superradiant phases and can not occur in the standard $Λ$- and $Ξ$-type three-level configurations in quantum optics. Moreover, we exhibit a sequential first-order quantum phase transition from one local to the global again to the other local superradiant phase. Our study opens up a perspective of exploring multi-level quantum critical phenomena with global symmetry breaking.
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spellingShingle Exploring global symmetry-breaking superradiant phase via phase competition
Li, Hai-Chao
Huang, Wen
Xiong, Wei
Quantum Physics
Superradiant phase transitions play a fundamental role in understanding the mechanism of collective light-matter interaction at the quantum level. Here we investigate multiple superradiant phases and phase transitions with different symmetry-breaking patterns in a two-mode V-type Dicke model. Interestingly, we show that there exists a quadruple point where one normal phase, one global symmetry-breaking superradiant phase and two local symmetry-breaking superradiant phases meet. Such a global phase results from the phase competition between two local superradiant phases and can not occur in the standard $Λ$- and $Ξ$-type three-level configurations in quantum optics. Moreover, we exhibit a sequential first-order quantum phase transition from one local to the global again to the other local superradiant phase. Our study opens up a perspective of exploring multi-level quantum critical phenomena with global symmetry breaking.
title Exploring global symmetry-breaking superradiant phase via phase competition
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08602