Bloch-Landau-Zener dynamics induced by a synthetic field in a photonic quantum walk
Abstract
Quantum walks are processes that model dynamics in coherent systems. Their experimental implementations proved to be key to unveiling novel phenomena in Floquet topological insulators. Here, we realize a photonic quantum walk in the presence of a synthetic gauge field, which mimics the action of an electric field on a charged particle. By tuning the energy gaps between the two quasi-energy bands, we investigate intriguing system dynamics characterized by the interplay between Bloch oscillations and Landau-Zener transitions. When both gaps at quasi-energy values of 0 and π are vanishingly small, the Floquet dynamics follows a ballistic spreading.
- Publication:
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APL Photonics
- Pub Date:
- February 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1063/5.0037327
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2011.05893
- Bibcode:
- 2021APLP....6b0802D
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases;
- Physics - Optics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- APL Photonics 6, 020802 (2021)