Three-photon correlations in a strongly driven atom-cavity system

The quantum dynamics of a strongly driven, strongly coupled single-atom-cavity system is studied by evaluating time-dependent second- and third-order correlations of the emitted photons. The coherent energy exchange, first, between the atom and the cavity mode, and second, between the atom-cavity system and the driving laser, is observed. Three-photon detections show an asymmetry in time, a consequence of the breakdown of detailed balance. The results are in good agreement with theory and are a first step towards the control of a quantum trajectory at larger driving strength.     

Stochastic resonance in linear system driven by multiplicative and additive noise

The stochastic resonance (SR) is studied in an overdamped linear system driven by multiplicative and additive noise when the additive noise is a linear combination of an asymmetric dichotomous noise and its square. The exact expressions are obtained for the first two moments and the correlation function and the SR phenomenon appeared. There are three different forms of SR: the bona fide SR, the conventional SR and SR in the broad sense. Moreover, the asymmetry of multiplicative noise has different effect on signal-to-ratio (SNR) for the first two different forms of SR and the effects of multiplicative noise and additive noise on SNR are different.     

Exact nonequilibrium steady state of a strongly driven open XXZ chain

An exact and explicit ladder-tensor-network ansatz is presented for the nonequilibrium steady state of an anisotropic Heisenberg XXZ spin-1/2 chain which is driven far from equilibrium with a pair of Lindblad operators acting on the edges of the chain only. We show that the steady-state density operator of a finite system of size n is-apart from a normalization constant-a polynomial of degree 2n - 2 in the coupling constant. Efficient computation of physical observables is facilitated in terms of a transfer operator reminiscent of a classical Markov process. In the isotropic case we find cosine spin profiles, 1/n(2) scaling of the spin current, and long-range correlations in the steady state. This is a fully nonperturbative extension of a recent result [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 217206 (2011)].     

Stochastic resonance in linear system driven by multiplicative noise and additive quadratic noise

In this paper the stochastic resonance (SR) is studied in an overdamped linear system driven by multiplicative noise and additive quadratic noise. The exact expressions are obtained for the first two moments and the correlation function by using linear response and the properties of the dichotomous noise. SR phenomenon exhibits in the linear system. There are three different forms of SR: the bona fide SR, the conventional SR and SR in the broad sense. Moreover, the effect of the asymmetry of the multiplicative noise on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is different from that of the additive noise and the effect of multiplicative noise and additive noise on SNR is different.     

Stark effect and generalized Bloch-Siegert shift in a strongly driven two-level system

A superconducting qubit was driven in an ultrastrong fashion by an oscillatory microwave field, which was created by coupling via the nonlinear Josephson energy. The observed Stark shifts of the "atomic" levels are so pronounced that corrections even beyond the lowest-order Bloch-Siegert shift are needed to properly explain the measurements. The quasienergies of the dressed two-level system were probed by resonant absorption via a cavity, and the results are in agreement with a calculation based on the Floquet approach.     

Resonance fluorescence of strongly driven two-level system coupled to multiple dissipative reservoirs

We present a theoretical formalism for resonance fluorescence radiating from a two-level system (TLS) driven by any periodic driving and coupled to multiple reservoirs. The formalism is derived analytically based on the combination of Floquet theory and Born–Markov master equation. The formalism allows us to calculate the spectrum when the Floquet states and quasienergies are analytically or numerically solved for simple or complicated driving fields. We can systematically explore the spectral features by implementing the present formalism. To exemplify this theory, we apply the unified formalism to comprehensively study a generic model that a harmonically driven TLS is simultaneously coupled to a radiative reservoir and a dephasing reservoir. We demonstrate that the significant features of the fluorescence spectra, the driving-induced asymmetry and the dephasing-induced asymmetry, can be attributed to the violation of detailed balance condition, and explained in terms of the driving-related transition quantities between Floquet-states and their steady populations. In addition, we find the distinguished features of the fluorescence spectra under the biharmonic and multiharmonic driving fields in contrast with that of the harmonic driving case. In the case of the biharmonic driving, we find that the spectra are significantly different from the result of the RWA under the multiple resonance conditions. By the three concrete applications, we illustrate that the present formalism provides a routine tool for comprehensively exploring the fluorescence spectrum of periodically strongly driven TLSs.     

A study of stochastic resonance in a bistable system with double stochasticity

In a simple stochastic system—an overdamped Kramers oscillator with two noise sources (sources of white and dichotomic noise)—stochastic resonance is investigated theoretically and by means of analog simulation as a function of the asymmetry of the potential and the amplitude and the correlation time of the dichotomic noise. It is found that stochastic resonance is observed under slow (compared with the Kramers switching time) dichotomic noise and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) has a maximum for a noise amplitude equal to static bias.     

Stochastic resonance and heat fluctuations in a driven double-well system

We study a periodically driven (symmetric as well as asymmetric) double-well potential system at finite temperature. We show that mean heat loss by the system to the environment (bath) per period of the applied field is a good quantifier of stochastic resonance. It is found that the heat fluctuations over a single period are always larger than the work fluctuations. The observed distributions of work and heat exhibit pronounced asymmetry near resonance. The heat loss over a large number of periods satisfies the conventional steady-state fluctuation theorem.     

Stochastic resonance in a single-well system with exponential potential driven by Levy noise

Noise and potential function are vital to stochastic resonance (SR). This paper attempts to broaden the research of the SR and explore a better potential function. Based on the absolute and exponential potentials, a generalized exponential type single-well potential function is constructed. Then the characteristics of the corresponding exponential type single-well SR (ESR) system driven by Levy noise is analyzed numerically. Firstly, the effects of the characteristic index α, symmetric parameter β and noise intensity D of Levy noise on the input signal to noise ratio (SNRi) are investigated. Then, the effects of system parameters a, b, r and noise intensity D on the resonant output is explored. Finally, the ESR system is applied to the fault characteristic extraction of rolling element bearings. The simulation results show that the SR phenomenon is able to be excited by tuning the parameters a, b, r and D under different values of α and β. The larger b (or a) widens the parameter interval of a (or b) which can induce SR. The ESR system is able to solve the problem that the traditional systems fail to achieve SR due to the improper selection of parameters. In bearing fault detection, the detection effect of the ESR system is superior to the bistable SR system.     

Effects of time delay on stochastic resonance of a periodically driven linear system with multiplicative and periodically modulated additive white noises

Stochastic resonance (SR) of a periodically driven time-delayed linear system with multiplicative white noise and periodically modulated additive white noise is investigated. In the condition of small delay time, an approximate analytical expression of output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is obtained. The analytical results indicate that (1) there exists a resonance peak in the curve for SNR versus time delay; (2) the time delay will suspend the SR dramatically for SNR versus other parameters of the system, such as noise intensity, correlation intensity, and signal frequency, once a certain value is reached, the SR phenomenon disappears.     

The ground state of a strongly correlated fermion system in a magnetic field

A new variational method is used to investigate the ground state of the Hubbard model with a half-filled band for a one-dimensional chain, a planar square lattice, and a simple cubic lattice. A metamagnetic transition is found to occur in a one-dimensional chain and a simple square lattice. A simple cubic lattice does not undergo the metamagnetic transition.     

A transition in a noisy linear system driven by a periodic signal

We consider a one-dimension linear random walk between two trapping points in which the transition probabilities vary periodically in time. An earlier analysis of this system showed that the mean time to trapping of a particle in this system exhibits a minimum when considered as a function of frequency. In this note we show that this parameter makes a transition in behavior from a monotonic decrease with increasing amplitude of the periodic term to a monotonic increase with this parameter depending on the frequency. A physical argument is suggested to explain this behavior. Confirmation of this crossover can also be derived from a diffusion model.     

Delay-induced state transition and resonance in periodically driven tumor model with immune surveillance

The phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) in a tumor growth model under the presence of immune surveillance is investigated. Time delay and cross-correlation between multiplicative and additive noises are considered in the system. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is calculated when periodic signal is introduced multiplicatively. Our results show that: (i) the time delay can accelerate the transition from the state of stable tumor to that of extinction, however the correlation between two noises can accelerate the transition from the state of extinction to that of stable tumor; (ii) the time delay and correlation between two noises can lead to a transition between SR and double SR in the curve of SNR as a function of additive noise intensity, however for the curve of SNR as a function of multiplicative noise intensity, the time delay can cause the SR phenomenon to disappear, and the cross-correlation between two noises can lead to a transition from SR to stochastic reverse-resonance. Finally, we compare the SR phenomenon for the multiplicative periodic signal with that for additive periodic signal in the tumor growth model with immune surveillance.     

具有固有频率涨落的记忆阻尼线性系统的随机共振

研究了在内噪声、外噪声(固有频率涨落噪声)及周期激励信号共同作用下具有指数型记忆阻尼的广义Langevin方程的共振行为.首先将其转化为等价的三维马尔可夫线性系统,再利用Shapiro-Loginov公式和Laplace变换导出系统响应一阶矩和稳态响应振幅的解析表达式.研究发现,当系统参数满足Routh-Hurwitz稳定条件时,稳态响应振幅随周期激励信号频率、记忆阻尼及外噪声参数的变化存在"真正"随机共振、传统随机共振和广义随机共振,且随机共振随着系统记忆时间的增加而减弱.数值模拟计算结果表明系统响应功率谱与理论结果相符.