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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 16: Poster - Glasses / Stat. Phys. Bio. / Networks (joint DY/BP/CPP/SOE)

BP 16.34: Poster

Dienstag, 1. April 2014, 09:30–12:30, P1

Quantum walks on 1D and 2D quasi-crystals — •Chi-Hung Weng and Oliver Mülken — Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany

We study the dynamics of quantum walks on a quasi-crystals modelled by the tight-binding Aubry-André-Harper (AAH) equation. We numerically solved both the diagonal/off -diagonal AAH in both 1D and 2D cases. It is known that the 2D diagonal AAH can also be regarded as a model for the Integer Quantum Hall Effect (IQHE), a phenomena when a 2D electron gas is subjected to strong magnetic fields at a low temperature. As a consequence we also observe the edge states which are responsible for carrying the current. Those states can be changed from localized to de-localized, as a topological phase within the aperiodic modulated on-site potential varies. In order to identify how localized the states are, as well as how fast the transport is, the Inverse Participation Ratio (IPR) and Mean Squared Displacement (MSD) are calculated, respectively. Moreover, we also study the impact of disorder and non-Hermitian settings ( i.e. system with absorbers or Parity-Time (PT) symmetric modulated aperiodicity) on the dynamics.