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Dynamic Moir\'{e}-like pattern in non-Hermitian Wannier-Stark ladder system

Quantum Physics 2025-05-21 v2

Abstract

We study the dynamical behavior of the non-Hermitian Wannier-Stark ladder system, which is a non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain with a position-dependent real potential. In the presence of a linear external field, we employ the non-Hermitian Floquet method and find that the energy levels are sensitive to the field. The system exhibits two distinct dynamic behaviors separated by an exceptional point: one in the PT\mathcal{PT} symmetrical region associated with two real Wannier-Stark ladders, and another in the PT\mathcal{PT}\ symmetry-breaking region associated with complex conjugate ladders. As the boundary between the two regions, two ladders coalesce into a single ladder. In the case of a non-linear field, these two distinct regions appear alternately along the chain, exhibiting dynamic Moir\'{e}-like patterns.

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@article{arxiv.2409.00378,
  title  = {Dynamic Moir\'{e}-like pattern in non-Hermitian Wannier-Stark ladder system},
  author = {H. P. Zhang and Z. Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.00378},
  year   = {2025}
}

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23 pages, 4 figures

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