Beyond mean-field bistability in driven-dissipative lattices: Bunching-antibunching transition and quantum simulation

作者:Mendoza Arenas J J*; Clark S R; Felicetti S; Romero G; Solano E; Angelakis D G; Jaksch D
来源:Physical Review A, 2016, 93(2): 023821.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.93.023821

摘要

In the present work we investigate the existence of multiple nonequilibrium steady states in a coherently driven XY lattice of dissipative two-level systems. A commonly used mean-field ansatz, in which spatial correlations are neglected, predicts a bistable behavior with a sharp shift between low- and high-density states. In contrast one-dimensional matrix product methods reveal these effects to be artifacts of the mean-field approach, with both disappearing once correlations are taken fully into account. Instead, a bunching-antibunching transition emerges. This indicates that alternative approaches should be considered for higher spatial dimensions, where classical simulations are currently infeasible. Thus we propose a circuit QED quantum simulator implementable with current technology to enable an experimental investigation of the model considered.

  • 出版日期2016-2-16