Autor: |
Alessio D’Errico, Raouf Barboza, Rebeca Tudor, Alexandre Dauphin, Pietro Massignan, Lorenzo Marrucci, Filippo Cardano |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
APL Photonics, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 020802-020802-9 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2378-0967 |
DOI: |
10.1063/5.0037327 |
Popis: |
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. |
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