Emergent equilibrium and quantum criticality in a two-photon dissipative oscillator

We study the dissipative phase transition (DPT) in a quantum oscillator with two-photon drive and two-photon dissipation. Using the semiclassical Langevin equation and the truncated Wigner approximation, we construct a theory of nonperturbative quantum fluctuations and go beyond the semiclassical ap...

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Main Authors: V. Yu. Mylnikov, S. O. Potashin, G. S. Sokolovskii, N. S. Averkiev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2025-01-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013061
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Summary:We study the dissipative phase transition (DPT) in a quantum oscillator with two-photon drive and two-photon dissipation. Using the semiclassical Langevin equation and the truncated Wigner approximation, we construct a theory of nonperturbative quantum fluctuations and go beyond the semiclassical approximation. We demonstrate the mapping of a two-photon quantum dissipative oscillator onto a classical equilibrium model of a nonlinear classical oscillator in a white-noise environment. Then we justify the applicability of the Boltzmann-Gibbs theory for a given DPT. To do that, we explicitly demonstrate the Boltzmann-Gibbs-like form of the stationary distribution function depending on the effective temperature, which is determined by the two-photon pump rate. In addition, we provide a description of the quantum critical region and obtain critical exponents that appear to be in very good agreement with numerical simulations.
ISSN:2643-1564