Reentrant localisation transitions and anomalous spectral properties in off-diagonal quasiperiodic systems

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Autores principales: Tabanelli, Hugo, Castelnovo, Claudio, Štrkalj, Antonio
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author Tabanelli, Hugo
Castelnovo, Claudio
Štrkalj, Antonio
author_facet Tabanelli, Hugo
Castelnovo, Claudio
Štrkalj, Antonio
contents We investigate the localisation properties of quasiperiodic tight-binding chains with hopping terms modulated by the interpolating Aubry-André-Fibonacci (IAAF) function. This off-diagonal IAAF model allows for a smooth and controllable interpolation between two paradigmatic quasiperiodic models: the Aubry-André and the Fibonacci model. Our analysis shows that the spectrum of this model can be divided into three principal bands, namely, two molecular bands at the edge of the spectrum and one atomic band in the middle, for all values of the interpolating parameter. We reveal that the states in the molecular bands undergo multiple re-entrant localisation transitions, a behaviour previously reported in the diagonal IAAF model. We link the emergence of these reentrant phenomena to symmetry points of the quasiperiodic modulation and, with that, explain the main ground state properties of the system. The atomic states in the middle band show no traces of localised phases and remain either extended or critical for any value of the interpolating parameter. Using a renormalisation group approach, adapted from the Fibonacci model, we explain the extended nature of the middle band. These findings expand our knowledge of phase transitions within quasiperiodic systems and highlight the interplay between extended, critical, and localised states.
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spellingShingle Reentrant localisation transitions and anomalous spectral properties in off-diagonal quasiperiodic systems
Tabanelli, Hugo
Castelnovo, Claudio
Štrkalj, Antonio
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
We investigate the localisation properties of quasiperiodic tight-binding chains with hopping terms modulated by the interpolating Aubry-André-Fibonacci (IAAF) function. This off-diagonal IAAF model allows for a smooth and controllable interpolation between two paradigmatic quasiperiodic models: the Aubry-André and the Fibonacci model. Our analysis shows that the spectrum of this model can be divided into three principal bands, namely, two molecular bands at the edge of the spectrum and one atomic band in the middle, for all values of the interpolating parameter. We reveal that the states in the molecular bands undergo multiple re-entrant localisation transitions, a behaviour previously reported in the diagonal IAAF model. We link the emergence of these reentrant phenomena to symmetry points of the quasiperiodic modulation and, with that, explain the main ground state properties of the system. The atomic states in the middle band show no traces of localised phases and remain either extended or critical for any value of the interpolating parameter. Using a renormalisation group approach, adapted from the Fibonacci model, we explain the extended nature of the middle band. These findings expand our knowledge of phase transitions within quasiperiodic systems and highlight the interplay between extended, critical, and localised states.
title Reentrant localisation transitions and anomalous spectral properties in off-diagonal quasiperiodic systems
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14193