Antiferromagnetic phase transition in a nonequilibrium lattice of Rydberg atoms

Details Antiferromagnetic phase transition in a nonequilibrium lattice of Rydberg atoms Antiferromagnetic phase transition in a nonequilibrium lattice of Rydberg atoms

2011-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/1104.0908v2

Phys. Rev. A 84, 031402(R) (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

4 pages + appendix

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.84.031402

We study a driven-dissipative system of atoms in the presence of laser excitation to a Rydberg state and spontaneous emission. The atoms interact via the blockade effect, whereby an atom in the Rydberg state shifts the Rydberg level of neighboring atoms. We use mean-field theory to study how the Rydberg population varies in space. As the laser frequency changes, there is a continuous transition between the uniform and antiferromagnetic phases. The nonequilibrium nature also leads to a novel oscillatory phase and bistability between the uniform and antiferromagnetic phases.

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