Thermodynamics of ultrastrongly coupled light-matter systems
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.11556v5
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:49:24 GMT
- Title: Thermodynamics of ultrastrongly coupled light-matter systems
- Authors: Philipp Pilar, Daniele De Bernardis, Peter Rabl
- Abstract summary: We study the thermodynamic properties of a system of two-level dipoles that are coupled ultrastrongly to a single cavity mode.
We identify the lowest-order cavity-induced corrections to those quantities in the collective ultrastrong coupling regime.
For even stronger interactions the presence of a single cavity mode can strongly modify extensive thermodynamic quantities.
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- Abstract: We study the thermodynamic properties of a system of two-level dipoles that
are coupled ultrastrongly to a single cavity mode. By using exact numerical and
approximate analytical methods, we evaluate the free energy of this system at
arbitrary interaction strengths and discuss strong-coupling modifications of
derivative quantities such as the specific heat or the electric susceptibility.
From this analysis we identify the lowest-order cavity-induced corrections to
those quantities in the collective ultrastrong coupling regime and show that
for even stronger interactions the presence of a single cavity mode can
strongly modify extensive thermodynamic quantities of a large ensemble of
dipoles. In this non-perturbative coupling regime we also observe a significant
shift of the ferroelectric phase transition temperature and a characteristic
broadening and collapse of the black-body spectrum of the cavity mode. Apart
from a purely fundamental interest, these general insights will be important
for identifying potential applications of ultrastrong-coupling effects, for
example, in the field of quantum chemistry or for realizing quantum thermal
machines.
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