Asymmetric polaron picture for the quantum Rabi model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21686v1
• Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:09:58 GMT
• Title: Asymmetric polaron picture for the quantum Rabi model
• Authors: Feng Qiao, Qiu-Yi Chen, Zu-Jian Ying,
• Abstract summary: We propose an improved variational method in asymmetric polaron picture (APP)<n>APP not only increases the method accuracy but also reveals more underlying physics concerning the quantum phase transition (QPT)<n>Our results and mechanism clarifications expose more subtle energy competitions and abundant physics, and the method potentially might have broader applications in light-matter interactions.
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• Abstract: The experimental access to ultra-strong couplings in light-matter interactions has made the quantum phase transition (QPT) in the quantum Rabi model practically relevant, while the physics of the QPT has not yet been fully explored. The polaron picture is a method capable of analyzing in the entire coupling regime and extracting the essential physics behind the QPT. However, the asymmetric deformation of polarons is missing in the current polaron picture. In the present work we propose an improved variational method in asymmetric polaron picture (APP). Our APP not only increases the method accuracy but also reveals more underlying physics concerning the QPT. We find that in the ground state both the polarons and antipolarons are asymmetrically deformed to a large extent, which leads to a richer phase diagram. We also analyze the first excited state in which we unveil an asymmetry direction reversal for the polarons and an attraction/replusion transition differently from the ground state. Finally, we apply the APP in quantum Fisher information analysis and critical coupling extraction, the improvements indicate that the polaron asymmetry makes a considerable contribution to the quantum resource in quantum metrology and plays an unnegligible role in the QPT. Our results and mechanism clarifications expose more subtle energy competitions and abundant physics, and the method potentially might have broader applications in light-matter interactions.

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