On polariton instability and thermodynamic phase transition in a photon-matter system
On polariton instability and thermodynamic phase transition in a photon-matter system
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关于光子-物质系统中的极化子不稳定性和热力学相变
DOI:
10.1088/0305-4470/12/9/025
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发表时间:
1979
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通讯作者:
M. Yamanoi
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作者:
M. Yamanoi
It is shown that the rotating wave approximation in the minimal coupling Hamiltonian with the A2 term leads to an incorrect energy spectrum of the polariton mode: in particular, to a spurious polariton instability which should not occur for a photon-matter system consisting of radiation and atoms without the Coulomb interaction. Thus the counter-rotating term in the presence of the A2 term plays a crucial role in the instability property of the system. The super-radiant phase transition in the Dicke model is shown to be accompanied by polariton instability, and therefore by instability of the ground state of the photon-matter system. The rotating wave approximation, as well as the neglect of the A2 term, should therefore not be made for the study of the thermodynamic phase transition and instability properties of the ground state of the system.