Dissipative phase transition with quantum frustration

ORAL

Abstract

We study the quantum phase transition of the one dimensional phase model in presence of quantum frustration, provided by a dissipative interaction of the system with the environment through two non-commuting operators. Such a model can be realized in Josephson junction chains with shunt resistances and resistances between the chain and the ground. Using a self-consistent harmonic approximation, we determine the phase diagram at zero temperature which exhibits a quantum phase transition between a long-range ordered phase, corresponding to the superconducting state, and a disordered phase, corresponding to the insulating state with charge localization. We find that the critical line separating the two phases has a nonmonotonic behavior as a function of the dissipative coupling strength. Moreover, we analyse the purity of the system that quantifies the degree of correlation between the system and the environment, and the logarithmic negativity as entanglement measure that encodes the internal quantum correlations in the system.

*Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through ZUK 63, SFB 767, and by the MWK-RiSC program, project No.13551400.

Presenters

  • Gianluca Rastelli

    • Zukunftskolleg & University of Konstanz

Authors

  • Gianluca Rastelli

    • Zukunftskolleg & University of Konstanz
  • Dominik Maile

    • University of Konstanz
  • Sabine Andergassen

    • Institute for Theoretical Physics and Center for Quantum Science, University of Tübingen
  • Wolfgang Belzig

    • Department of Physics, University of Konstanz
    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
    • University of Konstanz