Light-shift-induced quantum phase transitions of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the optical cavities
Abstract
In this paper we reveal the rich ground-state properties induced by the strong nonlinear atom-photon interaction, which has been found in the recent experiment about a Bose-Einstein condensate coupling with a high-finesse cavity [Nature (London) 464, 1301 (2010)]. Two detuning-dependent phase diagrams are revealed by investigating the experimentally-measurable atomic population. In particular, two new quantum phase transitions from the superradiant phase or the normal phase to a dynamically-unstable phase are predicted in the blue detuning, and moreover, the three-phase coexistence points are found. It is also demonstrated that these predicted quantum phase transitions are the intrinsic transitions governed only by the second-order derivative of the ground-state energy. Finally, we also point out that the region involving coexistence of the superradiant phase and the normal phase predicted before can not happen in the ground state.
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@article{arxiv.1107.3605,
title = {Light-shift-induced quantum phase transitions of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the optical cavities},
author = {Ni Liu and Jinling Lian and Jie Ma and Liantuan Xiao and Gang Chen and J. -Q. Liang and Suotang Jia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3605},
year = {2015}
}
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