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中国物理学会期刊

连续时间晶体周期性振荡的鲁棒性分析

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.74.20250036

Robustness anylysis of periodic oscillations in continuous-time crystals

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.74.20250036
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  • 时间晶体是一种特殊的物质状态, 是指多体系统在内部自组织的作用下, 自发产生时间周期性振荡的现象. 近期, 无需外部周期性驱动的连续时间晶体已在耗散固体材料中实现, 并呈现出长时间稳定振荡的特性. 然而, 在多体系统中, 连续时间晶体的系统参数, 包括原子间相互作用强度、均匀性、频率失谐以及驱动场强度等, 均呈现高度的复杂性和关联性. 这些参数对连续时间晶体振荡周期形成的物理机制和耦合效应的影响尚不明确. 本文基于掺铒晶体中构建的连续时间晶体, 通过理论分析揭示了时间晶体振荡周期与驱动光场强度、偶极-偶极相互作用、原子间跃迁强度差异以及耗散系数之间的内在关联. 研究表明, 即便在这些参数动态变化引起的扰动下, 时间晶体的振荡周期仍展现出显著的鲁棒性.

     

    Continuous time crystals represent a novel state in many-body systems that can self-organize into timeperiodic oscillations without external periodic driving. Recent experiments have achieved such systems in dissipative solid-state materials, where persistent temporal order is autonomously sustained. A decisive characteristic of time crystals is their robustness, meaning that despite various disturbances, including fluctuations in internal parameters and external noise, they can still maintain rhythmic behavior, which has scientific value and echnological application potential. Although previous studies have shown that specific experimental parameters have robustness, thare is a lack of a systematic framework for quantifying and predicting their resilience to disturbances, and the underlying physics of this robustnessis still not fully understood. The key unresolved problems include how nonlinear interactions and feedback mechanisms contribute to stability, and what the critical thresholds are for parameter variations beyond which temporal order collapses.
    This work addresses these gaps by systematically analyzing how internal parameters and external influences affect the oscillation period and overall stability. Internally, the dynamics are determined by dipole-dipole interactions and atomic transition strengths, which define the temporal symmetry breaking that occurs in the system. Externally, the response of the system is controlled by the strength of the optical driving field and the energy dissipation rate. A key finding is the determination of an intrinsic feedback mechanism for a dynamically stabile time crystal. This mechanism plays a role in restoring force, correcting deviations caused by minor disturbances, and maintaining the coherence of oscillatory phase.
    Moreover, the system displays nonlinear dynamical behavior, characterized by two different states: one is stable oscillation continuing under moderate disturbance, and the other is stronger disturbance causing dynamical phase transition, resulting in switching between disordered or dynamically unstable state and stable state. These results provide a comprehensive understanding of the various behaviors observed in continuous time crystals and lay an important theoretical foundation for utilizing their unique properties in advanced applications such as quantum information processing and precision metrology.

     

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