Tunable lower critical fractal dimension for a non-equilibrium phase transition

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Autores principales: Burkhard, Mattheus, Giacomelli, Luca, Ciuti, Cristiano
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author Burkhard, Mattheus
Giacomelli, Luca
Ciuti, Cristiano
author_facet Burkhard, Mattheus
Giacomelli, Luca
Ciuti, Cristiano
contents We theoretically investigate the role of spatial dimension and driving frequency in a non-equilibrium phase transition of a driven-dissipative interacting bosonic system. In this setting, spatial dimension is dictated by the shape of the external driving field. We consider both homogeneous driving configurations, which correspond to standard integer-dimensional systems, and fractal driving patterns, which give rise to a non-integer Hausdorff dimension for the spatial density. The onset of criticality is characterized by critical slowing down in the excited density dynamics as the system asymptotically approaches the steady state. By analyzing the system-size dependence of the asymptotic decay rate using numerical simulations of the full multi-mode dynamics, complemented by an analytical statistical mean-field treatment, we determine the lower critical dimension of the non-equilibrium phase transition. We show that this dimension can be non-integer and fractal in nature, and that it can be tuned continuously via the frequency detuning of the driving field.
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spellingShingle Tunable lower critical fractal dimension for a non-equilibrium phase transition
Burkhard, Mattheus
Giacomelli, Luca
Ciuti, Cristiano
Other Condensed Matter
Optics
We theoretically investigate the role of spatial dimension and driving frequency in a non-equilibrium phase transition of a driven-dissipative interacting bosonic system. In this setting, spatial dimension is dictated by the shape of the external driving field. We consider both homogeneous driving configurations, which correspond to standard integer-dimensional systems, and fractal driving patterns, which give rise to a non-integer Hausdorff dimension for the spatial density. The onset of criticality is characterized by critical slowing down in the excited density dynamics as the system asymptotically approaches the steady state. By analyzing the system-size dependence of the asymptotic decay rate using numerical simulations of the full multi-mode dynamics, complemented by an analytical statistical mean-field treatment, we determine the lower critical dimension of the non-equilibrium phase transition. We show that this dimension can be non-integer and fractal in nature, and that it can be tuned continuously via the frequency detuning of the driving field.
title Tunable lower critical fractal dimension for a non-equilibrium phase transition
topic Other Condensed Matter
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20617