Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-05-10
Phys. Rev. B 82, 045126 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
8 pages, 7 figures, version as published
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.82.045126
The enormous progress in controlling quantum optical and atomic systems has prompted ideas for new experimental realizations of strongly correlated many-body systems operating with light. These systems consist of photons confined in optical cavities, which interact strongly with atoms or atomiclike structures. Due to the interaction between the two particle species optical nonlinearities appear, leading to a quantum phase transition from Mott to superfluid phase. Here, we address the Tavis-Cummings lattice model, which describes light-matter systems containing multiple atomiclike structures in each cavity. In particular, we investigate the phase boundary delimiting Mott from superfluid phase and the elementary excitations of the two-dimensional Tavis-Cummings lattice model in dependence of the number of atomiclike structures per cavity. In order to obtain the results we employ the variational cluster approach. We evaluate spectral functions and densities of states of both particle species, which allows us to characterize the fundamental excitations of light-matter systems. These excitations are termed polaritons and are superpositions of photons and atomic excitations. We introduce polariton quasiparticles as appropriate linear combinations of both particle species and analyze the weights of their constituents. Our results demonstrate the dependence of the quantum phase transition and the elementary excitations on the number of atomiclike structures per cavity and provide thus valuable insight into the physics of light-matter systems.
Arrigoni Enrico
der Linden Wolfgang von
Knap Michael
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