title: Photonic lattice simulation of dissipation-induced correlations in bosonic systems.
abstract: We propose an optical simulation of dissipation-induced correlations in one-dimensional (1D) interacting bosonic systems, using a two-dimensional (2D) array of linear photonic waveguides and only classical light. We show that for the case of two bosons in a 1D lattice, one can simulate on-site two-body dissipative dynamics using a linear 2D waveguide array with lossy diagonal waveguides. The intensity distribution of the propagating light directly maps out the wave function, allowing one to observe the dissipation-induced correlations with simple measurements. Beyond the on-site model, we also show that a generalised model containing nearest-neighbour dissipative interaction can be engineered and probed in the proposed set-up.
authors.affiliation: 1] Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore [2] Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 769008 India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore.
authors.forename: Changhyoup
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore.
authors.forename: Changsuk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: 1] Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore [2] School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, 73100 Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Angelakis