Sharp Phase Transitions in a Small Frustrated Network of Trapped Ion Spins
Abstract
Sharp quantum phase transitions typically require a large system with many particles. Here we show that, for a frustrated fully connected Ising spin network represented by trapped atomic ions, the competition between different spin orders leads to rich phase transitions whose sharpness scales exponentially with the number of spins. This unusual finite-size scaling behavior opens up the possibility of observing sharp quantum phase transitions in a system of just a few trapped ion spins.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA562324
Entities
People
- C. Monroe
- G. Lin
- Luming Duan
Organizations
- Joint Quantum Institute