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Published on: May 30, 2014
Universality of quantum critical dynamics in a planar optical parametric oscillator
Peter D Drummond1, Kaled Dechoum
1ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:
We analyze the critical quantum fluctuations in a coherently driven planar optical parametric oscillator. We show that the presence of transverse modes combined with quantum fluctuations changes the behavior of the "quantum image" critical point. This zero-temperature nonequilibrium quantum system has the same universality class as a finite-temperature magnetic Lifshitz transition.
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