Dissipative Josephson effect in coupled nanolasers
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03265v1
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 10:21:33 GMT
- Title: Dissipative Josephson effect in coupled nanolasers
- Authors: Samuel Fern\'andez-Lorenzo and Diego Porras
- Abstract summary: We study a setup where dissipative interactions do amplify a photonic Josephson current.
We show that the Josephson photocurrent can be used to measure optical phase differences.
In the quantum limit, the accuracy of the two nanolaser interferometer grows with the square of the photon number.
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- Abstract: Josephson effects are commonly studied in quantum systems in which
dissipation or noise can be neglected or do not play a crucial role. In
contrast, here we discuss a setup where dissipative interactions do amplify a
photonic Josephson current, opening a doorway to dissipation-enhanced
sensitivity of quantum-optical interferometry devices. In particular, we study
two coupled nanolasers subjected to phase coherent drivings and coupled by a
coherent photon tunneling process. We describe this system by means of a
Fokker-Planck equation and show that it exhibits an interesting non-equilibrium
phase diagram as a function of the coherent coupling between nanolasers. As we
increase that coupling, we find a non-equilibrium phase transition between a
phase-locked and a non-phase-locked steady-state, in which phase coherence is
destroyed by the photon tunneling process. In the coherent, phase-locked
regime, an imbalanced photon number population appears if there is a phase
difference between the nanolasers, which appears in the steady-state as a
result of the competition between competing local dissipative dynamics and the
Josephson photo-current. The latter is amplified for large incoherent pumping
rates and it is also enchanced close to the lasing phase transition. We show
that the Josephson photocurrent can be used to measure optical phase
differences. In the quantum limit, the accuracy of the two nanolaser
interferometer grows with the square of the photon number and, thus, it can be
enhanced by increasing the rate of incoherent pumping of photons into the
nanolasers.
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