TY - JOUR
T1 - Photon solid phases in driven arrays of nonlinearly coupled cavities
AU - Jin, Jiasen
AU - Rossini, Davide
AU - Fazio, Rosario
AU - Leib, Martin
AU - Hartmann, Michael J.
PY - 2013/4/18
Y1 - 2013/4/18
N2 - We introduce and study the properties of an array of QED cavities coupled by nonlinear elements, in the presence of photon leakage and driven by a coherent source. The nonlinear couplings lead to photon hopping and to nearest-neighbor Kerr terms. By tuning the system parameters, the steady state of the array can exhibit a photon crystal associated with a periodic modulation of the photon blockade. In some cases, the crystalline ordering may coexist with phase synchronization. The class of cavity arrays we consider can be built with superconducting circuits of existing technology.
AB - We introduce and study the properties of an array of QED cavities coupled by nonlinear elements, in the presence of photon leakage and driven by a coherent source. The nonlinear couplings lead to photon hopping and to nearest-neighbor Kerr terms. By tuning the system parameters, the steady state of the array can exhibit a photon crystal associated with a periodic modulation of the photon blockade. In some cases, the crystalline ordering may coexist with phase synchronization. The class of cavity arrays we consider can be built with superconducting circuits of existing technology.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.163605
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.163605
M3 - Article
C2 - 23679604
AN - SCOPUS:84876273895
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 110
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 16
M1 - 163605
ER -