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Tuning the universality class of phase transitions by feedback: Open quantum systems beyond dissipation

Quantum Physics 2021-10-04 v2 Other Condensed Matter Quantum Gases Atomic Physics Optics

Abstract

We shift the paradigm of feedback control from the control of quantum states to the control of phase transitions in quantum systems. We show that feedback allows tuning the universality class of phase transitions via modifying its critical exponent. We expand our previous treatment [D. A. Ivanov, T. Yu. Ivanova, S. F. Caballero-Benitez, and I. B. Mekhov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 010603 (2020)] of Dicke model and go beyond the approximation of adiabatically eliminated light field. Both linearized and nonlinear models of spin ensembles are considered. The tunability of quantum fluctuations near the critical point by the feedbacks of nontrivial shapes is explained by considering the fluctuation spectra and the system behavior at single quantum trajectories.

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@article{arxiv.2107.02833,
  title  = {Tuning the universality class of phase transitions by feedback: Open quantum systems beyond dissipation},
  author = {D. A. Ivanov and T. Yu. Ivanova and S. F. Caballero-Benitez and I. B. Mekhov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02833},
  year   = {2021}
}

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accepted in Phys. Rev. A