Efficient tensor network simulation for few-atom, multimode Dicke model via coupling matrix transformation

Abstract

We present a novel generalization of the chain mapping technique that applies to multi-atom, multimode systems by making use of coupling matrix transformations. This is extremely useful for tensor network simulations of multimode Dicke model and multi-spin-boson model because their coupling structures are altered from the star form to the chain form with near-neighbor interactions. Our approach produces an equivalent Hamiltonian with the latter coupling form, which we call the band Hamiltonian, and we demonstrate its equivalence to the multimode Dicke Hamiltonian. In the single atom case, our approach reduces to the chain mapping technique. When considering several tens of field modes, we have found that tensor network simulation of two atoms in the ultrastrong coupling regime is possible with our approach. We demonstrate this by considering a pair of entangled atoms confined in a cavity, interacting with thirty electromagnetic modes