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Aug, 2018

Observation of Dicke cooperativity in magnetic interactions

Science
  • Xinwei Li
  • Motoaki Bamba
  • Ning Yuan
  • Qi Zhang
  • Yage Zhao
  • Maolin Xiang
  • Kai Xu
  • Zuanming Jin
  • Wei Ren
  • Guohong Ma
  • Shixun Cao
  • Dmitry Turchinovich
  • Junichiro Kono
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Volume
361
Number
6404
First page
794
Last page
797
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1126/science.aat5162
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science ({AAAS})

The interaction of N two-level atoms with a single-mode light field is an extensively studied many-body problem in quantum optics, first analyzed by Dicke in the context of superradiance. A characteristic of such systems is the cooperative enhancement of the coupling strength by a factor of N1/2. In this study, we extended this cooperatively enhanced coupling to a solid-state system, demonstrating that it also occurs in a magnetic solid in the form of matter-matter interaction. Specifically, the exchange interaction of N paramagnetic erbium(III) (Er3+) spins with an iron(III) (Fe3+) magnon field in erbium orthoferrite (ErFeO3) exhibits a vacuum Rabi splitting whose magnitude is proportional to N1/2. Our results provide a route for understanding, controlling, and predicting novel phases of condensed matter using concepts and tools available in quantum optics.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat5162
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  • DOI : 10.1126/science.aat5162
  • ORCID - Put Code : 47665139

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