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Dynamical phase transition in a strongly hybridized phonon-triplon chain

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-10-21 v1

Abstract

We study a dimerized spin-1/2 chain, such as CuGeO3_3, hosting triplon excitations coupled to optical phonons under weak terahertz laser driving. Both phonons and triplons weakly lose energy into the surrounding baths, forming a non-equilibrium steady state. In the strong phonon-triplon coupling regime, phonons near the two-triplon continuum hybridize strongly with triplons. Using mean-field Lindblad dynamics, we show that this strong hybridization induces sharp first-order phase transitions -- either single or simultaneous double -- in the emission spectrum, mainly due to dissipation-induced nonlinearities. Using mean-field Floquet analysis of harmonic modes in both sectors, we analytically confirm the existence of these phase transitions. Furthermore, we map the complete steady-state phase diagram by varying key control parameters and provide experimentally relevant parameters for observing these transitions in laser-driven CuGeO3_3.

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@article{arxiv.2507.20692,
  title  = {Dynamical phase transition in a strongly hybridized phonon-triplon chain},
  author = {Mohsen Yarmohammadi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.20692},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 5 figures