Lateral Shift as a Control Knob for Localization Transitions in a Quasiperiodic Ladder
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| author | Shao, Bing Zhang, Guangjie Zhou, Longwen Gong, Jiangbin Zhu, Weiwei |
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| contents | This work reports rich localization-delocalization transitions in a quasiperiodic ladder, of which the two legs are subject to the same quasiperiodic onsite potential but can be shifted laterally relative to each other. It is found that the lateral shift between the two legs effectively generates a magnetic flux in the reciprocal momentum space. The lateral shift thus offers a control knob, allowing us to access and simulate rich phenomena including magnetic-flux-enhanced localization, magnetic-flux-suppressed localization, and magnetic-flux-induced reentrant localization transitions. The underlying physical mechanisms as well as the phase boundaries separating localized, mixed, and extended phases are both qualitatively and quantitatively understood, based on a band-structure analysis that employs a commensurate approximation to the quasiperiodic potential, requiring only unit cells of small to modest sizes. Our work provides a highly tunable platform for exploring localization physics with promising applications such as quantum switching, and a broadly applicable approach for understanding localization-delocalization transitions in quasiperiodic systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Lateral Shift as a Control Knob for Localization Transitions in a Quasiperiodic Ladder Shao, Bing Zhang, Guangjie Zhou, Longwen Gong, Jiangbin Zhu, Weiwei Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics This work reports rich localization-delocalization transitions in a quasiperiodic ladder, of which the two legs are subject to the same quasiperiodic onsite potential but can be shifted laterally relative to each other. It is found that the lateral shift between the two legs effectively generates a magnetic flux in the reciprocal momentum space. The lateral shift thus offers a control knob, allowing us to access and simulate rich phenomena including magnetic-flux-enhanced localization, magnetic-flux-suppressed localization, and magnetic-flux-induced reentrant localization transitions. The underlying physical mechanisms as well as the phase boundaries separating localized, mixed, and extended phases are both qualitatively and quantitatively understood, based on a band-structure analysis that employs a commensurate approximation to the quasiperiodic potential, requiring only unit cells of small to modest sizes. Our work provides a highly tunable platform for exploring localization physics with promising applications such as quantum switching, and a broadly applicable approach for understanding localization-delocalization transitions in quasiperiodic systems. |
| title | Lateral Shift as a Control Knob for Localization Transitions in a Quasiperiodic Ladder |
| topic | Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25033 |