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A Passive $\mathcal{PT}$-Symmetric Floquet-Coupler

Quantum Physics 2021-06-23 v1

Abstract

Based on a Liouville-space formulation of open systems, we present a solution to the quantum master equation of two coupled optical waveguides with varying loss. The periodic modulation of the Markovian loss of one of them yields a passive PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetric Floquet system that, at resonance, shows a strong reduction of the required loss for the PT\mathcal{PT} symmetry to be broken. We showcase this transition for a multi-photon state, and we show how to physically implement the modulated loss with reservoir engineering of a set of bath modes.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2012.11991,
  title  = {A Passive $\mathcal{PT}$-Symmetric Floquet-Coupler},
  author = {Lucas Teuber and Florian Morawetz and Stefan Scheel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.11991},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 figures

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