Quantum particle in a parabolic lattice in the presence of a gauge field

Описание

Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2014

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.033607

Ключевые слова: Harmonic confinement, Harmonic potential, Intermediate energies, Periodic lattices, Quantum particles, Semiclassical analysis, Two-dimensional lattices, Wannier-stark localizations, Mathematical models, Physics, Topology

Аннотация: We analyze the eigenstates of a two-dimensional lattice with additional harmonic confinement in the presence of an artificial magnetic field. While the softness of the confinement makes a distinction between bulk and edge states difficult, the interplay of harmonic potential and lattice leads to a different classification of statesПоказать полностьюin three energy regions: In the low-energy regime, where lattice effects are small, all states are transporting topologically nontrivial states. For large energies above a certain critical value, the periodic lattice causes localization of all states through a mechanism similar toWannier-Stark localization. In the intermediate energy regime transporting, topologically nontrivial states coexist with topologically trivial countertransporting chaotic states. The character of the eigenstates, in particular their transport properties, are studied numerically and are explained using a semiclassical analysis.

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Издание

Журнал: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 89, Is. 3

ISSN журнала: 10502947

Место издания: COLLEGE PK

Издатель: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Персоны

  • Kolovsky A.R. (Siberian Federal University)
  • Grusdt F. (Graduate School Materials Science in Mainz)
  • Fleischhauer M. (Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS,University of Kaiserslautern)