2014
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.90.033833
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Self-ordering dynamics of ultracold atoms in multicolored cavity fields

Abstract: We study light induced spatial crystallization of ultracold quantum particles confined along the axis of a high-Q linear cavity via a transverse multicolor pump using numerical simulations.Whenever a pump frequency is tuned close to resonance with a longitudinal cavity mode, the dynamics favors bistable spatial particle ordering into a Bragg grating at a wavelength distance.Simultaneous pumping at several resonant frequencies fosters competition between the different spatial lattice orders, exhibiting complex … Show more

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“…Using the dynamical properties of the light [6] the structural Dicke phase transition was achieved forming a state with supersolid features [3]. However, the study of the full quantum regime of the system has been limited to few atoms [9][10][11][12][13]. As the light matter coupling is strongly enhanced in a high finesse optical cavity in a preferred wavelength, the atoms re-emit light comparable with the lasers used in the trapping process.…”
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“…Using the dynamical properties of the light [6] the structural Dicke phase transition was achieved forming a state with supersolid features [3]. However, the study of the full quantum regime of the system has been limited to few atoms [9][10][11][12][13]. As the light matter coupling is strongly enhanced in a high finesse optical cavity in a preferred wavelength, the atoms re-emit light comparable with the lasers used in the trapping process.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, density ordering has been achieved with classical atoms [31]. Further, multimode cavities extend the range of quantum phases even further [12,[32][33][34]. Therefore, by carefully tuning system parameters and the spatial structure of light, one can design with plenty of freedom the quantum manybody phases that emerge.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More precisely, the quantum state of the system comprises a superposition of electromagnetic fields with equal amplitudes and various phases correlated with corresponding atomic density patterns. Due to quantum jumps induced by cavity photon losses [44][45][46], this highly entangled atom-field state collapses subsequently into a state with a certain random relative field phase and the corresponding atomic density pattern, spontaneously breaking the continuous U (1) symmetry of the system and resulting in a supersolid state [47]. The corresponding gapless Goldstone mode is the frictionless center-of-mass motion of the BEC, which drags the cavity optical lattice with itself and hence changes the relative phase of the two electromagnetic fields of the cavity modes [for brevity, hereinafter referred to as just cavity (field) modes].…”
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“…The nonattacking conditions are enforced by a combination of restricted hopping [32] and interactions between the atoms stemming from collective scattering of pump laser light into a multi-mode cavity [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] (see Fig. 1).…”
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confidence: 99%