Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 224, 483–496 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-02378-x

Regular Article

The interspersed spin boson lattice model

Instituto de Física Fundamental, IFF-CSIC, Calle Serrano 113b, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Received: 15 October 2014
Revised: 19 February 2015
Published online: 9 April 2015

Abstract

We describe a family of lattice models that support a new class of quantum magnetism characterized by correlated spin and bosonic ordering [Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 180405 (2014)]. We explore the full phase diagram of the model using Matrix-Product-State methods. Guided by these numerical results, we describe a modified variational ansatz to improve our analytic description of the groundstate at low boson frequencies. Additionally, we introduce an experimental protocol capable of inferring the low-energy excitations of the system by means of Fano scattering spectroscopy. Finally, we discuss the implementation and characterization of this model with current circuit-QED technology.