Spontaneous symmetry breaking in frustrated triangular atom arrays due to cooperative light scattering
We demonstrate the presence of an optical phase transition with frustration-induced spontaneous symmetry breaking in a triangular planar atomic array due to cooperative light-mediated interactions. We show how the array geometry of triangle unit cells at low light intensities leads to degenerate col...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2022-10-01
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Series: | Physical Review Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.043039 |