Mobility edges in pseudo-unitary quasiperiodic quantum walks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16843v1
• Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:00:01 GMT
• Title: Mobility edges in pseudo-unitary quasiperiodic quantum walks
• Authors: Christopher Cedzich, Jake Fillman,
• Abstract summary: Floquet quasicrystal simulates the motion of Bloch electrons in a homogeneous magnetic field in discrete time steps. We show that the model is still pseudo-unitary'' For the first time, we observe a second transition that appears to be unique to the discrete-time setting.
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• Abstract: We introduce a Floquet quasicrystal that simulates the motion of Bloch electrons in a homogeneous magnetic field in discrete time steps. We admit the hopping to be non-reciprocal which, via a generalized Aubry duality, leads us to push the phase that parametrizes the synthetic dimension off of the real axis. This breaks unitarity, but we show that the model is still ``pseudo-unitary''. We unveil a novel mobility edge between a metallic and an insulating phase that sharply divides the parameter space. Moreover, for the first time, we observe a second transition that appears to be unique to the discrete-time setting. We quantify both phase transitions and relate them to properties of the spectrum. If the hopping is reciprocal either in the lattice direction or the synthetic dimension, the model is $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric, and the spectrum is confined to the unit circle up to a critical point. At this critical point, $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry is spontaneously broken and the spectrum leaves the unit circle. This transition is topological and measured by a spectral winding number.

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