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Fate of topological states in incommensurate generalized Aubry-Andr\'e models

Quantum Gases 2016-06-24 v1

Abstract

We study one-dimensional optical lattices described by generalized Aubry-Andr\'e models that include both commensurate and incommensurate modulations of the hopping amplitude. This brings together two interesting features of this class of systems: Anderson localization and the existence of topological edge states. We follow changes of the single-particle energy spectrum induced by variations of the system parameters, with focus on the survival of topological states in the localized regime.

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@article{arxiv.1606.07100,
  title  = {Fate of topological states in incommensurate generalized Aubry-Andr\'e models},
  author = {J. C. C. Cestari and A. Foerster and M. A. Gusmão},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.07100},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures