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The paper introduces a simple quantum model to calculate in a general way allowed frequencies and energy levels of the anharmonic oscillator. The theoretical basis of the approach has been introduced in two early papers aimed to infer the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-19 Sebastiano Tosto

In a description of physical systems with Langevin equations, interacting degrees of freedom are usually coupled through symmetric parameter matrices. This coupling symmetry is a consequence of time-reversal symmetry of the involved…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-08-09 Benedikt Sabass

We study the breaking of the discrete time-translation symmetry in small periodically driven quantum systems. Such systems are intermediate between large closed systems and small dissipative systems, which both display the symmetry…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-29 Yaxing Zhang , J. Gosner , S. M. Girvin , J. Ankerhold , M. I. Dykman

We demonstrate theoretically the parametric oscillator behavior of a two-level quantum system with broken inversion symmetry exposed to a strong electromagnetic field. A multitude of resonance frequencies and additional harmonics in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-12 O. V. Kibis , G. Ya. Slepyan , S. A. Maksimenko , A. Hoffmann

The possibility is investigated that competition between fluctuations at different symmetry-related ordering wave vectors may affect the quantum phase transition between a fermi liquid and a longitudinal spin density wave state, in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-02-22 A. J. Millis

Precisely engineered mechanical oscillators keep time, filter signals, and sense motion, making them an indispensable part of today's technological landscape. These unique capabilities motivate bringing mechanical devices into the quantum…

In this article a non-perturbative time-dependent technique is used to treat the initial value problem, in Quantum Mechanics context, for a non-equilibrium self-interacting fermionic system in the presence of an external magnetic field.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-08-25 Antonio Carlos Mastine , Paulo Laerte Natti , Erica Regina Takano Natti

Transitions between states with continuous (called as classical state) and discrete (called as quantum state) spectrum of permitted momentum values is considered. The persistent current can exist along the ring circumference in the quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 A. V. Nikulov

A system of two coupled ensembles of phase oscillators can follow different routes to inter-ensemble synchronization. Following a short report of our preliminary results [Phys. Rev. E. {\bf 78}, 025201(R) (2008)], we present a more detailed…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 Jane H. Sheeba , V. K. Chandrasekar , Aneta Stefanovska , Peter V. E. McClintock

We present approximate analytical method of analysis of stationary states of nonlinear quantum systems with the noise. As an example we consider quantum nonlinear oscillator excited by fluctuating force and found parameter regions with more…

Optics · Physics 2015-01-06 Igor Protsenko , Evgenii Protsenko , Alexander Uskov

We investigate one-dimensional systems with both energy conservation and a continuous symmetry, focusing on the impact of a boundary perturbation that breaks the continuous symmetry. Our study reveals two distinct dynamical phases: one in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Qucheng Gao , Xiao Chen

We explore fluctuation-induced switching in a parametrically-driven micromechanical torsional oscillator. The oscillator possesses one, two or three stable attractors depending on the modulation frequency. Noise induces transitions between…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 H. B. Chan , C. Stambaugh

We investigate synchronization effects in quantum self-sustained oscillators theoretically using the micromaser as a model system. We use the probability distribution for the relative phase as a tool for quantifying the emergence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 C. Davis-Tilley , A. D. Armour

Quantum sensing and quantum information processing use quantum advantages such as squeezed states that encode a quantity of interest with higher precision and generate quantum correlations to outperform classical methods. In harmonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 Mingjie Xin , Wui Seng Leong , Zilong Chen , Yu Wang , Shau-Yu Lan

The work fluctuations of an oscillator in contact with a thermostat and driven out of equilibrium by an external force are studied experimentally and theoretically within the context of Fluctuation Theorems (FTs). The oscillator dynamics is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frederic Douarche , Sylvain Joubaud , Nicolas B. Garnier , Artem Petrosyan , Sergio Ciliberto

It is now widely accepted that quenches through the critical region of quantum phase transitions result in post-transition states populated with topological defects -- analogs of the classical topological defects. However, consequences of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Jacek Dziarmaga , Marek M. Rams , Wojciech H. Zurek

Parametric couplings in engineered quantum systems are a powerful tool to control, manipulate and enhance interactions in a variety of platforms. It allows us to bring systems of different energy scales into communication with each other.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 A. Metelmann

The von Neumann interaction between a particle and an apparatus, both of arbitrary mass, has been considered in the measurement of the position of a simple harmonic oscillator acted on by an external force. When the measurement has finite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-12 Francesc S. Roig

We consider an electromechanical system where a microwave cavity is coupled to a mechanical resonator, with a mechanical frequency twice the microwave frequency. In this regime, the effective photon-phonon interaction is equivalent to that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-09 E. Jansen , J. D. P. Machado , Ya. M. Blanter

Classically, the tendency towards spontaneous synchronization is strongest if the natural frequencies of the self-oscillators are as close as possible. We show that this wisdom fails in the deep quantum regime, where the uncertainty of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-23 Niels Lörch , Simon E. Nigg , Andreas Nunnenkamp , Rakesh P. Tiwari , Christoph Bruder