1. Dissipative quantum phase transitions in electrically driven lasers
- Author
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Nian, Lei-Lei, Wang, Yi-Cheng, Wang, Jin-Yi, Xiong, Long, and Lü, Jing-Tao
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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics - Abstract
Embedding quantum dot circuits into microwave cavities has emerged as a novel platform for controlling photon emission statistics by electrical means. With such a model, we reveal previously undefined quantum phase transitions in electrically driven lasing regimes by breaking the photon gain-loss balance condition. For one-photon interaction, the scaling theory indicates that the system undergoes a continuous phase transition from thermal to coherent photon emissions, consistent with conventional laser physics. Going beyond this, a hidden discontinuous quantum phase transition from superbunched to coherent states in two-photon processes, accompanied by the bistability within a mean-field theory, is predicted. Our prediction, along with its extension to multiphoton processes, represents a key step towards accessing lasing phase transitions. more...
- Published
- 2025