Non-critical slowing down of photonic condensation
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Author(s)
Walker, Benjamin T
Hesten, Henry J
Dhar, Himadri S
Nyman, Robert A
Mintert, Florian
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We investigate the response of a photonic gas interacting with a reservoir of
pumped dye-molecules to quenches in the pump power. In addition to the expected
dramatic critical slowing down of the equilibration time around phase
transitions we find extremely slow equilibration even far away from phase
transitions. This non-critical slowing down can be accounted for quantitatively
by fierce competition among cavity modes for access to the molecular
environment, and we provide a quantitative explanation for this non-critical
slowing down.
pumped dye-molecules to quenches in the pump power. In addition to the expected
dramatic critical slowing down of the equilibration time around phase
transitions we find extremely slow equilibration even far away from phase
transitions. This non-critical slowing down can be accounted for quantitatively
by fierce competition among cavity modes for access to the molecular
environment, and we provide a quantitative explanation for this non-critical
slowing down.
Date Issued
2019-11-13
Date Acceptance
2019-10-10
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2019, 123 (20)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
123
Issue
20
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Physical Society.
Identifier
http://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08772v2
Subjects
quant-ph
quant-ph
Article Number
203602
Date Publish Online
2019-11-13