Time Crystal in the Nonlinear Phonon Mode of the Trapped Ions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01528v2
• Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:20:48 GMT
• Title: Time Crystal in the Nonlinear Phonon Mode of the Trapped Ions
• Authors: Yi-Ling Zhan, Chun-Fu Liu, J. -T. Bu, K. -F Cui, S. -L. Su, L. -L. Yan, Gang Chen,
• Abstract summary: Time crystals constitute a novel phase of matter defined by the spontaneous breaking of time-translation symmetry.<n>We present a scheme to realize a continuous-time crystal in the vibrational phonon mode of a trapped-ion system.
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• Abstract: Time crystals constitute a novel phase of matter defined by the spontaneous breaking of time-translation symmetry. We present a scheme to realize a continuous-time crystal in the vibrational phonon mode of a trapped-ion system. By coupling two addressable traveling-wave lasers to the individual ions, we generate a nonlinear phonon mode with controllable linear gain and nonlinear damping via adiabatic elimination. This scheme enables stable dissipative dynamics over timescales significantly longer than the oscillation period, leading to the emergence of discrete time-translation symmetry breaking in the phonon mode, i.e., a phonon time crystal, under specific conditions. We further analyze the experimental feasibility and numerically demonstrate this phonon time crystal using accessible experimental parameters. These results provide a practical scheme for observing a time crystal in a nonlinear phonon mode, which will advance research into time crystals.

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