Quantum materials engineering by structured cavity vacuum fluctuations
Hannes Hübener, Emil Viñas Boström, Martin Claassen, Simone Latini, Ángel Rubio
Abstract
Abstract A paradigm shift in the research of optical cavities is taking place, focusing on the properties of materials inside cavities. The possibility to affect changes of material groundstates with or without actual photon population inside cavities is an avenue that promises a novel view of materials science and provides a new knob to control quantum phenomena in materials. Here, we present three theoretical scenarios where such groundstate quantum phase transitions are predicted by the coupling of the matter to mere vacuum fluctuations of the cavity, as a realizations of cavity materials engineering in the dark.
Topics & Concepts
Quantum fluctuationQuantumEngineering physicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsStrong Light-Matter InteractionsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect