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View SchemaSpontaneous Symmetry Breaking of Population between Two Dynamic Attractors in a Driven Atomic Trap: Ising-class Phase Transition
| Authors | Kihwan Kim, Myoung-Sun Heo, Ki-Hwan Lee, Kiyoub Jang, Heung-Ryoul Noh, Doochul Kim, Wonho Jhe |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0507041 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507041 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.150601 |
Abstract
We have observed spontaneous symmetry breaking of atomic populations in the dynamic phase-space double-potential system, which is produced in the parametrically driven magneto-optical trap of atoms. We find that the system exhibits similar characteristics of the Ising-class phase transition and the critical value of the control parameter, which is the total atomic number, can be calculated. In particular, the collective effect of the laser shadow becomes dominant at large atomic number, which is responsible for the population asymmetry of the dynamic two-state system. This study may be useful for investigation of dynamic phase transition and temporal behaviour of critical phenomena.
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.150601",
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