Phase locking in quantum and classical oscillators: polariton condensates, lasers, and arrays of Josephson junctions
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
Abstract
We connect three phenomena in which a coherent electromagnetic field could be generated: polariton condensation, phase-locking in arrays of underdamped Josephson junctions, and lasing. All these phenomena have been described using Dicke-type models of spins coupled to a single photon mode. These descriptions may be distinguished by whether the spins are quantum or classical, and whether they are strongly or weakly damped.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306268,
title = {Phase locking in quantum and classical oscillators: polariton condensates, lasers, and arrays of Josephson junctions},
author = {P. R. Eastham and M. H. Szymanska and P. B. Littlewood},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306268},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, RevTex. To appear in a special edition of Solid State Communications on "Quantum Phases at the Nanoscale"