Communications Physics (Jan 2022)

Magnonic superradiant phase transition

  • Motoaki Bamba,
  • Xinwei Li,
  • Nicolas Marquez Peraca,
  • Junichiro Kono

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00785-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Superradiant phase transitions, predicted to occur in the ultra-strong light-matter coupling regime, may offer a route to robust quantum coherence but have not yet been observed at thermal equilibrium. Here, such a transition is predicted in ErFeO3 at about 4 K, revealing unique ground state properties.