Localization from Infinitesimal Kinetic Grading: Critical Scaling and Kibble-Zurek Universality

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15795v1
• Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:26:06 GMT
• Title: Localization from Infinitesimal Kinetic Grading: Critical Scaling and Kibble-Zurek Universality
• Authors: Argha Debnath, Ayan Sahoo, Debraj Rakshit,
• Abstract summary: We study a one-dimensional lattice model with site-dependent nearest-neighbor hopping amplitudes that follow a power-law profile.<n>In the thermodynamic limit, the ground state becomes localized as $|| to 0$, signaling the presence of a critical point characterized by a diverging localization length.<n>Our results demonstrate a clean, disorder-free route to localization and provide a tunable platform relevant to photonic lattices and ultracold atom arrays with engineered hopping profiles.
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• Abstract: We study a one-dimensional lattice model with site-dependent nearest-neighbor hopping amplitudes that follow a power-law profile. The hopping variation is controlled by a grading exponent, $α$, which serves as the tuning parameter of the system. In the thermodynamic limit, the ground state becomes localized as $|α| \to 0$, signaling the presence of a critical point characterized by a diverging localization length. Using exact diagonalization, we perform finite-size scaling analysis and extract the associated critical exponent governing this divergence, revealing a universality class distinct from well-known Anderson, Aubry-Andre, and Stark localization. To further characterize the critical behavior, we analyze the inverse participation ratio, the energy gap between the ground and first excited states, and the fidelity susceptibility. We also investigate nonequilibrium dynamics by linearly ramping the hopping profile at various rates and tracking the evolution of the localization length and the inverse participation ratio. The Kibble-Zurek mechanism successfully captures the resulting dynamics using the critical exponents obtained from the static scaling analysis. Our results demonstrate a clean, disorder-free route to localization and provide a tunable platform relevant to photonic lattices and ultracold atom arrays with engineered hopping profiles.

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