A non-equilibrium superradiant phase transition in free space
TL;DR: In this article , a pencil-shaped cloud of laser cooled atoms in free space, optically excited along its main axis, was used to observe the predicted phase transition between a phase where all the atomic dipoles are phaselocked and a phase governed by superradiant spontaneous emission.
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Abstract: A class of systems exists in which dissipation, external drive and interactions compete and give rise to non equilibrium phases that would not exist without the drive. There, phase transitions could occur without the breaking of any symmetry, yet with a local order parameter, in contrast with the Landau theory of phase transitions at equilibrium. One of the simplest driven dissipative quantum systems consists of two-level atoms enclosed in a volume smaller than the wavelength of the atomic transition cubed, driven by a light field. The competition between collective coupling of the atoms to the driving field and their cooperative decay should lead to a transition between a phase where all the atomic dipoles are phaselocked and a phase governed by superradiant spontaneous emission. Here, we realize this model using a pencil-shaped cloud of laser cooled atoms in free space, optically excited along its main axis, and observe the predicted phases. Our demonstration is promising in view of obtaining free-space superradiant lasers or to observe new types of time crystals.
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