Associate CMSP seminar: "Quantum Ising dynamics and Majorana-like edge modes in the Rabi lattice model”
Starts 26 Jun 2013 17:00
Ends 26 Jun 2013 20:00
Central European Time
ICTP
Leonardo da Vinci Building Luigi Stasi Seminar Room
Strada Costiera, 11
I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
We present a case for the realization of Majorana-like edge modes, through the quantum Ising (QI) dynamics, in the Rabi lattice. A Rabi lattice is an array of the Rabi quantum cavities where each cavity has a two-level atom (or a spin-1/2) coupled via dipole interaction to a single photon (bosonic) mode, and the inter-cavity coupling causes photon hopping. We show that the Rabi lattice model rigorously tends to the QI model in the limit of strong atom-photon coupling. This QI dynamics drives the para- to ferro-electric quantum phase transition in the Rabi lattice, and also guarantees two Majorana-like edge modes in the ordered phase on an open chain. We identify an observable signature of these modes, and check their stability against the detrimental perturbations such as a stray electric field. We find that the QI Majorana modes are not as fragile as one believed, despite no topological protection.
S. Fairclough
Speaker(s)
Brijesh KUMAR (School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)