Vacuum Fluctuation-Induced State Switching in Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillators

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.28178v1
• Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:17:17 GMT
• Title: Vacuum Fluctuation-Induced State Switching in Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillators
• Abstract summary: We show how microscopic quantum fluctuations driving macroscopic transitions can be controlled with an external bias field.<n>Our findings clarify how quantum noise can shape macroscopic dynamics and provide a foundation for noise-assisted photonic machine learning.
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• Abstract: Bistable driven-dissipative systems near bifurcations can exhibit noise-activated switching between steady states. Here, we investigate how quantum vacuum fluctuations induce such switching in a biased optical parametric oscillator (OPO), a nonlinear system with intrinsic bistability. We show how microscopic quantum fluctuations driving macroscopic transitions can be controlled with an external bias field that reshapes the OPO steady-state metapotential. We derive analytical expressions for the average switching time and validate them through simulations of the OPO field distribution and inter-state probability flow under bias injection. We further examine how switching depends on bias strength, pump gain, and optical nonlinearity. Our findings clarify how quantum noise can shape macroscopic dynamics and provide a foundation for noise-assisted photonic machine learning and probabilistic quantum gates.

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