Thermalization via three-wave mixing

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Hauptverfasser: Pekola, Jukka P., Karimi, Bayan
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author Pekola, Jukka P.
Karimi, Bayan
author_facet Pekola, Jukka P.
Karimi, Bayan
contents We discuss thermalization in a multimode quantum cavity under unitary evolution. According to general principles, an isolated system with quadratic couplings does not exhibit thermalization. However, we find that three-wave perturbation, typical for instance in superconducting Josephson systems, may lead to thermalization into a Bose-Einstein distribution of occupations of the modes. The temperature of this state is dictated by energy conservation in this closed system, and the thermal distribution is robust against weak disturbances. We discuss how our findings open up new avenues to experimentally probe fundamental assumptions of statistical physics in solid-state systems.
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spellingShingle Thermalization via three-wave mixing
Pekola, Jukka P.
Karimi, Bayan
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We discuss thermalization in a multimode quantum cavity under unitary evolution. According to general principles, an isolated system with quadratic couplings does not exhibit thermalization. However, we find that three-wave perturbation, typical for instance in superconducting Josephson systems, may lead to thermalization into a Bose-Einstein distribution of occupations of the modes. The temperature of this state is dictated by energy conservation in this closed system, and the thermal distribution is robust against weak disturbances. We discuss how our findings open up new avenues to experimentally probe fundamental assumptions of statistical physics in solid-state systems.
title Thermalization via three-wave mixing
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19511