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arXiv:1710.02424 · Scientific Reports

Effective Three-Body Interactions in Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard Systems

Srivatsa B. Prasad, A. Martin

Published Oct 29, 2018• 16 citations
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Abstract

A generalisation of the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model for coupled-cavity arrays is introduced, where the embedded two-level system in each cavity is replaced by a Ξ-type three-level system. We demonstrate that the resulting effective polariton-polariton interactions at each site are both two-body and three-body. By tuning the ratio of the two transition dipole matrix elements, we show that the strength and sign of the two-body interaction can be controlled whilst maintaining a three-body repulsion. We then proceed to demonstrate how different two-body and three-body interactions alter the mean field superfluid-Mott insulator phase diagram, with the possible emergence of a pair superfluid phase in the two-body attractive regime.

DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-33907-9

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A generalisation of the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model for coupled-cavity arrays is introduced, where the embedded two-level system in each cavity is replaced by a Ξ-type three-level system. We demonstrate that the resulting effective polariton-polariton interactions at each site are both two-body and three-body. By tuning the ratio of the two transition dipole matrix elements, we show that the strength and sign of the two-body interaction can be controlled whilst maintaining a three-body repulsion. We then proceed to demonstrate how different two-body and three-body interactions alter the mean field superfluid-Mott insulator phase diagram, with the possible emergence of a pair superfluid phase in the two-body attractive regime.
The nature of the ground states for a system composed of two coupled cavities with each containing a pair of dipole-coupled two-level atoms are studied over a wide range of detunings and dipole coupling strengths. The cases for three limits of exact resonance, large positive and negative detunings are discussed, and four types of the ground states are revealed. Then the phase diagrams of the ground state are plotted by choosing three different "order parameters". We find that the phase space, determined by the combinative action of detuning and the dipole coupling strength, is divided into four regions. This is different from the general Bose-Hubbard model and more richer physics are presented in the two-site coupled cavities system. That is, the insulator region may be polaritonic or atomic and the superfluid region may be polaritonic or photonic in nature.
A first-order type phase transition between Mott lobes has been reported in Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 135302 (2012) for a two-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model in the presence of an attractive three-body interaction. We revisit the scenario in systems of ultracold bosons both in one- and two-dimensional lattices using the density matrix renormalization group method and the self-consistent cluster mean-field theory approach, respectively. We show that an unconventional pairing of particles occurs due to the competing repulsive two-body and attractive three-body interactions. This leads to a pair superfluid phase sandwiched between the Mott insulator lobes corresponding to densities density one and three in the strongly interacting regime. This is in contrast to the direct first-order jump as predicted before. Interestingly, the Mott to pair superfluid phase transitions are found to be continuous in nature. We also show that the pair superfluid phase is robust with respect to the ratio between the two- and three-body interaction strengths. In the end, we establish a connection between the Bose-Hubbard model presented in Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 135302 (2012) with a more general Bose-Hubbard model and analyze the fate of the pair superfluid phase in the presence of an external trapping potential.
Regular arrays of electromagnetic resonators, in turn coupled coherently to individual quantum two-level systems, exhibit a quantum phase transition of polaritons from a superfluid phase to a Mott-insulating phase. The critical behavior of such a Jaynes-Cummings lattice thus resembles the physics of the Bose-Hubbard model. We explore this analogy by elaborating on the mean-field theory of the phase transition and by presenting several useful mappings which pinpoint both similarities and differences of the two models. We show that a field-theory approach can be applied to prove the existence of multicritical curves analogous to the multicritical points of the Bose-Hubbard model, and we provide analytical expressions for the position of these curves.
We discuss the Jaynes–Cummings–Hubbard model describing the superfluid–Mott insulator transition of polaritons (i.e., dressed photon–qubit states) in coupled qubit–cavity arrays in the crossover from strong to weak correlations. In the strongly correlated regime the phase diagram and the elementary excitations of lattice polaritons near the Mott lobes are calculated analytically using a slave-boson theory (SBT). The opposite regime of weakly interacting polariton superfluids is described by a weak-coupling mean-field theory for a generalized multi-mode Dicke model. We show that a remarkable relation between the two theories exists in the limit of large photon bandwidth and large negative detuning, i.e., when the nature of polariton quasiparticles becomes qubit-like. In this regime, the weak-coupling theory predicts the existence of a single Mott lobe with a change of the universality class of the phase transition at the tip of the lobe, in perfect agreement with the SBT. Moreover, the spectra of low energy excitations, i.e., the sound velocity of the Goldstone mode and the gap of the amplitude mode match exactly as calculated from both theories.
We propose a scheme which can realize an extended two-component Bose-Hubbard model using polaritons confined in an array of optical cavities. In addition to the density-dependent interactions, this model also contains nonlinear coupling terms between the two components of the polariton. Using a mean-field calculation, we obtain the phase diagram which shows how these terms affect the transition between the Mott insulator and the superfluid phase. In addition, we employ both a perturbation approach and an exact diagonalization method to gain more insights into the phase diagram.