No-go theorem for superradiant quantum phase transitions in cavity QED and counter-example in circuit QED

Pierre Nataf1, Cristiano Ciuti

  • 1Laboratoire Matériaux ét Phénomènes Quantiques, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7 and CNRS, Bâtiment Condorcet, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.

Nature Communications
|September 16, 2010
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