Nonlinear effects on charge fractionalization in critical chains

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Auteurs principaux: Ramos, Flávia B., Pereira, Rodrigo G., Eggert, Sebastian, Schneider, Imke
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author Ramos, Flávia B.
Pereira, Rodrigo G.
Eggert, Sebastian
Schneider, Imke
author_facet Ramos, Flávia B.
Pereira, Rodrigo G.
Eggert, Sebastian
Schneider, Imke
contents We investigate the generic transport in a one-dimensional strongly correlated fermionic chain beyond linear response. Starting from a Gaussian wave packet with positive momentum on top of the ground state, we find that the numerical time evolution splits the signal into at least three distinct fractional charges moving with different velocities. A fractional left-moving charge is expected from conventional Luttinger liquid theory, but for the prediction of the two separate right-moving packets the nonlinearity of the dispersion must also be taken into account. This out-of-equilibrium protocol therefore allows a direct measurement of nonlinear interaction parameters, which also govern threshold singularities of dynamic response functions. The nonlinear Luttinger Liquid theory also predicts the correct dynamics at low energies, where it agrees with the conventional Luttinger liquid. Moreover, at high energies, the wave packet dynamics reveals signatures of composite excitations containing two-particle bound states. Our results uncover a simple strategy to probe the nonlinear regime in time-resolved experiments in quantum wires and ultracold-atom platforms.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear effects on charge fractionalization in critical chains
Ramos, Flávia B.
Pereira, Rodrigo G.
Eggert, Sebastian
Schneider, Imke
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We investigate the generic transport in a one-dimensional strongly correlated fermionic chain beyond linear response. Starting from a Gaussian wave packet with positive momentum on top of the ground state, we find that the numerical time evolution splits the signal into at least three distinct fractional charges moving with different velocities. A fractional left-moving charge is expected from conventional Luttinger liquid theory, but for the prediction of the two separate right-moving packets the nonlinearity of the dispersion must also be taken into account. This out-of-equilibrium protocol therefore allows a direct measurement of nonlinear interaction parameters, which also govern threshold singularities of dynamic response functions. The nonlinear Luttinger Liquid theory also predicts the correct dynamics at low energies, where it agrees with the conventional Luttinger liquid. Moreover, at high energies, the wave packet dynamics reveals signatures of composite excitations containing two-particle bound states. Our results uncover a simple strategy to probe the nonlinear regime in time-resolved experiments in quantum wires and ultracold-atom platforms.
title Nonlinear effects on charge fractionalization in critical chains
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05009