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Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 083601 (2005) [4 pages]

Universality of Quantum Critical Dynamics in a Planar Optical Parametric Oscillator

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Peter D. Drummond1 and Kaled Dechoum2
1ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia
2Instituto de Física da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Boa Viagem, 24210-340, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Received 15 November 2004; published 19 August 2005

We analyze the critical quantum fluctuations in a coherently driven planar optical parametric oscillator. We show that the presence of transverse modes combined with quantum fluctuations changes the behavior of the “quantum image” critical point. This zero-temperature nonequilibrium quantum system has the same universality class as a finite-temperature magnetic Lifshitz transition.


©2005 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.083601
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.083601
PACS: 42.50.−p, 64.60.Ht

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