Dynamical phase transitions in the collisionless pre-thermal states of isolated quantum systems: theory and experiments

J Marino, M Eckstein, MS Foster… - Reports on Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We overview the concept of dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) in isolated quantum
systems quenched out of equilibrium. We focus on non-equilibrium transitions characterized …

[HTML][HTML] Out-of-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems with long-range interactions

N Defenu, A Lerose, S Pappalardi - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Experimental progress in atomic, molecular, and optical platforms in the last decade has
stimulated strong and broad interest in the quantum coherent dynamics of many long-range …

Exploring dynamical phase transitions with cold atoms in an optical cavity

JA Muniz, D Barberena, RJ Lewis-Swan, DJ Young… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Interactions between atoms and light in optical cavities provide a means of investigating
collective (many-body) quantum physics in controlled environments. Such ensembles of …

Observation of dynamical quantum phase transitions with correspondence in an excited state phase diagram

T Tian, HX Yang, LY Qiu, HY Liang, YB Yang, Y Xu… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Dynamical quantum phase transitions are closely related to equilibrium quantum phase
transitions for ground states. Here, we report an experimental observation of a dynamical …

Hamiltonian engineering of spin-orbit–coupled fermions in a Wannier-Stark optical lattice clock

A Aeppli, A Chu, T Bothwell, CJ Kennedy, D Kedar… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Engineering a Hamiltonian system with tunable interactions provides opportunities to
optimize performance for quantum sensing and explore emerging phenomena of many …

Observing dynamical phases of BCS superconductors in a cavity QED simulator

DJ Young, A Chu, EY Song, D Barberena, D Wellnitz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract In conventional Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer superconductors, electrons with
opposite momenta bind into Cooper pairs due to an attractive interaction mediated by …

Dynamical and excited-state quantum phase transitions in collective systems

ÁL Corps, A Relaño - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We study dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) in quantum many-body systems with infinite-
range interaction, and present a theory connecting the two kinds of known DPTs (sometimes …

Floquet dynamical quantum phase transitions

K Yang, L Zhou, W Ma, X Kong, P Wang, X Qin, X Rong… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are manifested by time-domain nonanalytic
behaviors of many-body systems. Introducing a quench is so far understood as a typical …

Nonlinear dynamics in a synthetic momentum-state lattice

FA An, B Sundar, J Hou, XW Luo, EJ Meier, C Zhang… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The scope of analog simulation in atomic, molecular, and optical systems has expanded
greatly over the past decades. Recently, the idea of synthetic dimensions—in which …

Enhancing spin squeezing using soft-core interactions

JT Young, SR Muleady, MA Perlin, AM Kaufman… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We propose a protocol for preparing spin squeezed states in controllable atomic, molecular,
and optical systems, with particular relevance to emerging optical clock platforms compatible …