Particle dynamics and ergodicity breaking in twisted-bilayer optical lattices

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  • Ganesh C. Paul
  • Patrik Recher
  • Luis Santos

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  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig (LENA)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer053305
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review A
Jahrgang108
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2 Nov. 2023

Abstract

Recent experiments have realized a twisted-bilayer-like optical potential for ultracold atoms, which in contrast to solid-state setups may allow for an arbitrary ratio between the inter- and intralayer couplings. For commensurate moiré twistings, a large-enough interlayer coupling results in particle transport dominated by channel formation. For incommensurate twistings, the interlayer coupling acts as an effective disorder strength. Whereas for weak couplings the whole spectrum remains ergodic, at a critical value part of the eigenspectrum transitions into multifractal states. A similar transition may be observed as well as a function of an energy bias between the two layers. Our theoretical study reveals atoms in a twisted-bilayer system of square optical lattices as an interesting platform for the study of ergodicity breaking and multifractality.

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Particle dynamics and ergodicity breaking in twisted-bilayer optical lattices. / Paul, Ganesh C.; Recher, Patrik; Santos, Luis.
in: Physical Review A, Jahrgang 108, Nr. 5, 053305, 02.11.2023.

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Paul GC, Recher P, Santos L. Particle dynamics and ergodicity breaking in twisted-bilayer optical lattices. Physical Review A. 2023 Nov 2;108(5):053305. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.01588, 10.1103/PhysRevA.108.053305
Paul, Ganesh C. ; Recher, Patrik ; Santos, Luis. / Particle dynamics and ergodicity breaking in twisted-bilayer optical lattices. in: Physical Review A. 2023 ; Jahrgang 108, Nr. 5.
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