Observation of Time Crystal in a Spin Maser System
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| author | Wang, Weiyu Feng, Mingjun Ma, Qianjin Cai, Zi Li, Erwei Liu, Guobin |
| author_facet | Wang, Weiyu Feng, Mingjun Ma, Qianjin Cai, Zi Li, Erwei Liu, Guobin |
| contents | Pair interaction potentials between atoms in a crystal are in general non-monotonic in distance, with a local minimum whose position gives the lattice constant of the crystal. A temporal analogue of this idea of crystal formation is still pending despite intensive studies on the time crystal phase. In a hybrid spin maser system with a time delay feedback, we report the observation of a time crystal induced by a retarded interaction with a characteristic time scale. This nonequilibrium phase features a self-sustained oscillation with an emergent frequency other than the intrinsic Larmor precession frequency of the spin maser system. It is shown that the amplitude of the oscillation is robust against perturbation, while its time phase randomly distributes from 0 to $2π$ for different realizations, a signature of spontaneous time translation symmetry breaking. This time crystal phase emerges only when the feedback strength exceeds a critical value, at which the system experiences a first order phase transition. Such a retarded interaction induced time crystal is closer to the idea of crystal, compared to other time crystal realizations. |
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| spellingShingle | Observation of Time Crystal in a Spin Maser System Wang, Weiyu Feng, Mingjun Ma, Qianjin Cai, Zi Li, Erwei Liu, Guobin Atomic Physics Quantum Gases Pair interaction potentials between atoms in a crystal are in general non-monotonic in distance, with a local minimum whose position gives the lattice constant of the crystal. A temporal analogue of this idea of crystal formation is still pending despite intensive studies on the time crystal phase. In a hybrid spin maser system with a time delay feedback, we report the observation of a time crystal induced by a retarded interaction with a characteristic time scale. This nonequilibrium phase features a self-sustained oscillation with an emergent frequency other than the intrinsic Larmor precession frequency of the spin maser system. It is shown that the amplitude of the oscillation is robust against perturbation, while its time phase randomly distributes from 0 to $2π$ for different realizations, a signature of spontaneous time translation symmetry breaking. This time crystal phase emerges only when the feedback strength exceeds a critical value, at which the system experiences a first order phase transition. Such a retarded interaction induced time crystal is closer to the idea of crystal, compared to other time crystal realizations. |
| title | Observation of Time Crystal in a Spin Maser System |
| topic | Atomic Physics Quantum Gases |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15017 |