Flat-band localization and interaction-induced delocalization of photons
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.02170v2
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:10:26 GMT
- Title: Flat-band localization and interaction-induced delocalization of photons
- Authors: Jeronimo G.C. Martinez, Christie S. Chiu, Basil M. Smitham, Andrew A.
Houck
- Abstract summary: We experimentally construct an Aharonov-Bohm cage and observe the localization of a single photon.
Results mark the first experimental observation of a quantum walk that becomes delocalized due to interactions.
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- Abstract: Advances in quantum engineering have enabled the design, measurement, and
precise control of synthetic condensed matter systems. The platform of
superconducting circuits offers two particular capabilities: flexible
connectivity of circuit elements that enables a variety of lattice geometries,
and circuit nonlinearity that provides access to strongly interacting physics.
Separately, these features have allowed for the creation of curved-space
lattices and the realization of strongly correlated phases and dynamics in
one-dimensional chains and square lattices. Missing in this suite of
simulations is the simultaneous integration of interacting particles into
lattices with unique band dispersions, such as dispersionless flat bands. An
ideal building block for flat-band physics is the Aharonov-Bohm cage: a single
plaquette of a lattice whose band structure consists entirely of flat bands.
Here, we experimentally construct an Aharonov-Bohm cage and observe the
localization of a single photon, the hallmark of all-bands-flat physics. Upon
placing an interaction-bound photon pair into the cage, we see a delocalized
walk indicating an escape from Aharonov-Bohm caging. We further find that a
variation of caging persists for two particles initialized on opposite sites of
the cage. These results mark the first experimental observation of a quantum
walk that becomes delocalized due to interactions and establish superconducting
circuits for studies of flat-band-lattice dynamics with strong interactions.
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