Chaos-Assisted Dynamical Tunneling in Flat Band Superwires

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Hauptverfasser: Graf, Anton Marius, Lin, Ke, Kim, MyeongSeo, Keski-Rahkonen, Joonas, Daza, Alvar, Heller, Eric
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author Graf, Anton Marius
Lin, Ke
Kim, MyeongSeo
Keski-Rahkonen, Joonas
Daza, Alvar
Heller, Eric
author_facet Graf, Anton Marius
Lin, Ke
Kim, MyeongSeo
Keski-Rahkonen, Joonas
Daza, Alvar
Heller, Eric
contents Recent theoretical investigations have revealed unconventional transport mechanisms within high Brilliouin zones of two-dimensional superlattices. Electrons can navigate along channels we call superwires, gently guided without brute force confinement. Such dynamical confinement is caused by weak superlattice deflections, markedly different from the static or energetic confinement observed in traditional wave guides or one-dimensional electron wires. The quantum properties of superwires give rise to elastic dynamical tunneling, linking disjoint regions of the corresponding classical phase space, and enabling the emergence of several parallel channels. This paper provides the underlying theory and mechanisms that facilitate dynamical tunneling assisted by chaos in periodic lattices. Moreover, we show that the mechanism of dynamical tunneling can be effectively conceptualized through the lens of a paraxial approximation. Our results further reveal that superwires predominantly exist within flat bands, emerging from eigenstates that represent linear combinations of conventional degenerate Bloch states. Finally, we quantify tunneling rates across various lattice configurations, and demonstrate the tunneling can be suppressed in a controlled fashion, illustrating potential implications in future nanodevices.
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spellingShingle Chaos-Assisted Dynamical Tunneling in Flat Band Superwires
Graf, Anton Marius
Lin, Ke
Kim, MyeongSeo
Keski-Rahkonen, Joonas
Daza, Alvar
Heller, Eric
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
Recent theoretical investigations have revealed unconventional transport mechanisms within high Brilliouin zones of two-dimensional superlattices. Electrons can navigate along channels we call superwires, gently guided without brute force confinement. Such dynamical confinement is caused by weak superlattice deflections, markedly different from the static or energetic confinement observed in traditional wave guides or one-dimensional electron wires. The quantum properties of superwires give rise to elastic dynamical tunneling, linking disjoint regions of the corresponding classical phase space, and enabling the emergence of several parallel channels. This paper provides the underlying theory and mechanisms that facilitate dynamical tunneling assisted by chaos in periodic lattices. Moreover, we show that the mechanism of dynamical tunneling can be effectively conceptualized through the lens of a paraxial approximation. Our results further reveal that superwires predominantly exist within flat bands, emerging from eigenstates that represent linear combinations of conventional degenerate Bloch states. Finally, we quantify tunneling rates across various lattice configurations, and demonstrate the tunneling can be suppressed in a controlled fashion, illustrating potential implications in future nanodevices.
title Chaos-Assisted Dynamical Tunneling in Flat Band Superwires
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19074