First order phase transition between two centro-symmetric superradiant crystals

We observe a structural phase transition between two configurations of a superradiant crystal by coupling a Bose-Einstein condensate to an optical cavity and applying imbalanced transverse pump fields. The transition can be interpreted as a transition between two nonpolar, centro-symmetric structure...

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Published in:Physical Review Research
Main Authors: Xiangliang Li, Davide Dreon, Philip Zupancic, Alexander Baumgärtner, Andrea Morales, Wei Zheng, Nigel R. Cooper, Tobias Donner, Tilman Esslinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-03-01
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.L012024