Stability and decay of subradiant patterns in a quantum gas with photon-mediated interactions
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09227v1
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:47:07 GMT
- Title: Stability and decay of subradiant patterns in a quantum gas with photon-mediated interactions
- Authors: Alexander Baumgärtner, Simon Hertlein, Tom Schmit, Davide Dreon, Carlos Máximo, Xiangliang Li, Giovanna Morigi, Tobias Donner,
- Abstract summary: We study subradiance in a Bose-Einstein condensate positioned at the mode crossing of two optical cavities.
metastable density structures that suppress emission into one cavity mode prevent relaxation to the stationary, superradiant grating.
We reproduce these dynamics by a quantum mean field model, suggesting that subradiance shares characteristics with quasi-stationary states predicted in other long-range interacting systems.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Abstract: The phenomenon of subradiance, marked by its surprising suppression of spontaneous emission, challenges conventional expectations of the collective behavior of scatterers. We study subradiance in the experimental setting of a Bose-Einstein condensate positioned at the mode crossing of two optical cavities. In this setup, subradiance manifests in the form of metastable density structures that suppress emission into one cavity mode, thereby preventing relaxation to the stationary, superradiant grating that minimizes the system's energy. We observe lifetimes of the subradiant states exceeding hundred milliseconds, far surpassing any characteristic dynamic time scale of the system. Eventually, an instability triggers a rapid transition to the superradiant stationary pattern. We reproduce these dynamics by a quantum mean field model, suggesting that subradiance shares characteristics with quasi-stationary states predicted in other long-range interacting systems such as astrophysical clusters and plasmas. This behavior highlights the potential of photon-mediated long-range forces as controllable and exploitable quantum cooperative phenomenon.
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