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Phase-resolved multichannel quantum escape between limit cycles

量子物理 2026-05-26 v1

摘要

Driven-dissipative quantum systems can recover stable dynamical attractors in the semiclassical limit, including coexisting limit cycles. At finite fluctuation strength, this classical coexistence becomes quantum metastability: the corresponding oscillatory states undergo rare fluctuation-induced transitions. We demonstrate phase-resolved quantum escape between two such states in a driven optomechanical resonator. Unlike escape from fixed points, switching between extended attractors occurs across a periodic basin boundary and depends on the phase at which fluctuations approach it. Using quantum-jump trajectories across a controlled quantum-to-classical crossover, we reconstruct the escape geometry directly from switching events. Escape from the small-amplitude cycle proceeds through a single radial corridor and exhibits near-Arrhenius scaling, whereas escape from the large-amplitude cycle involves competing phase-localized corridors with distinct effective activation scales. The resulting curvature in the switching-rate scaling, together with event-conditioned phase distributions, identifies finite-fluctuation multichannel quantum escape between extended attractors.

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@article{arxiv.2605.24122,
  title  = {Phase-resolved multichannel quantum escape between limit cycles},
  author = {Caroline Nowoczyn and Ludwig Mathey and Kilian Seibold},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.24122},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures, comments are welcome