scholarly journals Tunable super- and subradiant boundary states in one-dimensional atomic arrays

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwei Zhang ◽  
Luojia Wang ◽  
Xianfeng Chen ◽  
Vladislav V. Yakovlev ◽  
Luqi Yuan

AbstractEfficient manipulation of quantum states is a key step towards applications in quantum information, quantum metrology, and nonlinear optics. Recently, atomic arrays have been shown to be a promising system for exploring topological quantum optics and robust control of quantum states, where the inherent nonlinearity is included through long-range hoppings. Here we show that a one-dimensional atomic array in a periodic magnetic field exhibits characteristic properties associated with an effective two-dimensional Hofstadter-butterfly-like model. Our work points out super- and sub-radiant topological edge states localized at the boundaries of the atomic array despite featuring long-range interactions, and opens an avenue of exploring an interacting quantum optical platform with synthetic dimensions.

Author(s):  
S. Heilliette ◽  
A. Delon ◽  
D.T. Jost ◽  
S.Yu. Grebenshchikov ◽  
R. Schinke ◽  
...  

The influence of the long range forces between an atom and a diatomic fragment on the density of vibrational bound states is studied theoretically in the vicinity of the dissociation threshold of a model triatomic molecule. In the two-dimensional case (2D), where the non dissociating bond is frozen at the equilibrium geometry, the number of quantum states and their density is shown to increase quickly in a small energy interval close to the dissociation threshold


Nanophotonics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1337-1347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon R. Pocock ◽  
Paloma A. Huidobro ◽  
Vincenzo Giannini

AbstractThe existence of topologically protected edge modes is often cited as a highly desirable trait of topological insulators. However, these edge states are not always present. A realistic physical treatment of long-range hopping in a one-dimensional dipolar system can break the symmetry that protects the edge modes without affecting the bulk topological number, leading to a breakdown in bulk-edge correspondence (BEC). Hence, it is important to gain a better understanding of where and how this occurs, as well as how to measure it. Here we examine the behaviour of the bulk and edge modes in a dimerised chain of metallic nanoparticles and in a simpler non-Hermitian next-nearest-neighbour model to provide some insights into the phenomena of bulk-edge breakdown. We construct BEC phase diagrams for the simpler case and use these ideas to devise a measure of symmetry-breaking for the plasmonic system based on its bulk properties. This provides a parameter regime in which BEC is preserved in the topological plasmonic chain, as well as a framework for assessing this phenomenon in other systems.


2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 257-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELO A. MONTEMURRO ◽  
FRANCISCO A. TAMARIT

In this work we study, by means of numerical simulations, the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the one-dimensional Edwards–Anderson model with long-range interactions of the form ± Jr-α. In the limit α → 0 we recover the well known Sherrington–Kirkpatrick mean-field version of the model, which presents a very complex dynamical behavior. At the other extreme, for α → ∞ the model converges to the nearest-neighbor one-dimensional system. We focus our study on the dependence of the dynamics on the history of the sample (aging phenomena) for different values of α. The model is known to have mean-field exponents already for values of α = 2/3. Our results indicate that the crossover to the dynamic mean-field occurs at a value of α < 2/3.


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