Generalized Bose-Einstein condensation into multiple states in driven-dissipative systems
Abstract
Bose-Einstein condensation, the macroscopic occupation of a single quantum state, appears in equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics and persists also in the hydrodynamic regime close to equilibrium. Here we show that even when a degenerate Bose gas is driven into a steady state far from equilibrium, where the notion of a single-particle ground state becomes meaningless, Bose-Einstein condensation survives in a generalized form: the unambiguous selection of an odd number of states acquiring large occupations. Within mean-field theory we derive a criterion for when a single and when multiple states are Bose selected in a non-interacting gas. We study the effect in several driven-dissipative model systems, and propose a quantum switch for heat conductivity based on shifting between one and three selected states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1308.2776,
title = {Generalized Bose-Einstein condensation into multiple states in driven-dissipative systems},
author = {Daniel Vorberg and Waltraut Wustmann and Roland Ketzmerick and André Eckardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.2776},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5+3 pages, 2+2 figures