Superradiant Mott Transition
Abstract
The combination of strong correlation and emergent lattice can be achieved when quantum gases are confined in a superradiant Fabry-Perot cavity. In addition to the discoveries of exotic phases, such as density wave ordered Mott insulator and superfluid, a surprising kink structure is found in the slope of the cavity strength as a function of the pumping strength. In this Letter, we show that the appearance of such a kink is a manifestation of a liquid-gas like transition between two superfluids with different densities. The slopes in the immediate neighborhood of the kink become divergent at the liquid-gas critical points and display a critical scaling law with a critical exponent 1 in the quantum critical region. Our predictions could be tested in current experimental set-up.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.01382,
title = {Superradiant Mott Transition},
author = {Yu Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01382},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
4+2.5 pages, 4 figures