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Fractional revivals of quantum state in tight-binding chain

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We investigate the time evolution of Gaussian wave packet (GWP) in the tight-binding chain with uniform nearest neighbor (NN) hopping integral. Analytical analysis and numerical simulations show that the fractional revival of the quantum state occurs in such system, i.e., at appropriate time, a GWP can evolve into many copies of the initial state at different positions. The application of this quantum phenomenon to the scheme of quantum information transfer in solid-state system is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0603033,
  title  = {Fractional revivals of quantum state in tight-binding chain},
  author = {Bing Chen and Z. Song and C. P. Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0603033},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures

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