Multicomponent Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality in degenerate coupled condensates
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Gapless phase modes in non-equilibrium condensates fall within the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class, but key single-component symmetries do not clearly generalise to the multicomponent case. We discuss the phase diagram of coupled KPZ equations describing the low-energy theory of a $${{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}$$ Z 2 degenerate driven-dissipative condensate with global U(1) × U(1) symmetry. In the homogeneous condensate regime, a dynamical renormalisation group (RG) analysis in one dimension reveals that coupled stochastic complex Ginsburg-Landau equations exhibit an emergent stationary distribution, enforcing the KPZ dynamical exponent z = 3/2 and roughness exponent χ = 1/2 for both components. In specific parameter regimes relevant to polaritons, the RG fixed point offers a transformation to decoupled KPZ equations. By tuning the intercomponent coupling, the system offers non-KPZ regimes, including a fragmentation transition, and a non-thermal spacetime vortex phase driven by the KPZ non-linear terms. Our findings have broad implications for experiments and understanding multicomponent KPZ systems in the long-wavelength limit.
Source: Communications Physics
Authors: Harvey Weinberger, Paolo Comaron, Marzena H. Szymańska
Institutions: University College London, Istituto di Nanotecnologia
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,990
OpenAlex ID: W4413149374