Coupling a quantum many-body system to an external environment dramatically changes its
dynamics and offers novel possibilities not found in closed systems. Of special interest are …

In this review we discuss the works in the area of quantum simulation and many-body
physics with light, from the early proposals on equilibrium models to the more recent works …

A state of an open quantum system is described by a density matrix, whose dynamics is
governed by a Liouvillian superoperator. Within a general framework, we explore …

We experimentally explore the dynamical optical hysteresis of a semiconductor microcavity
as a function of the sweep time. The hysteresis area exhibits a double power law decay due …

Understanding and characterizing phase transitions in driven-dissipative systems
constitutes a new frontier for many-body physics,,,,,,–. A generic feature of dissipative phase …

Synchronization is a phenomenon where interacting particles lock their motion and display
non-trivial dynamics. Despite intense efforts studying synchronization in systems without …

We theoretically investigate the critical properties of a single driven-dissipative nonlinear
photon mode. In a well-defined thermodynamical limit of large excitation numbers, the exact …

Understanding dissipation in 2D quantum many-body systems is an open challenge which
has proven remarkably difficult. Here we show how numerical simulations for this problem …

We study an array of coupled optical cavities in the presence of two-photon driving and
dissipation. The system displays a critical behavior similar to that of a quantum Ising model …

We investigate the possibility of a bistable phase in an open many-body system. To this end,
we discuss the microscopic dynamics of a continuously off-resonantly driven Rydberg lattice …