Quantum Dissipative Adaptation with Cascaded Photons

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Abstract
Classical dissipative adaptation is a hypothetical non-equilibrium thermodynamic principle of self-organization in driven matter, and it relates transition probabilities with the non-equilibrium work performed by an external drive on dissipative matter. Recently, the dissipative adaptation hypothesis was extended to a quantum regime with a theoretical model where only one single-photon pulse drives each atom of an ensemble. Here, we further generalize that quantum model by analytically showing that N cascaded single-photon pulses driving each atom still fulfill a quantum dissipative adaptation. Interestingly, we find that the level of self-organization achieved with two pulses can be matched with a single effective pulse only up to a threshold, above which the presence of more photons provides unparalleled degrees of self-organization.
Funding Information
  • CNPq INCT-IQ (465469/2014-0, 402074/2023-8)
  • CNPq (465469/2014-0, 402074/2023-8)
  • CAPES (465469/2014-0, 402074/2023-8)

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