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Reflectionless defects in Hermitian tight-binding lattices, synthesized by the intertwining operator technique of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, are generally not invisible and time-of-flight measurements could reveal the existence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Stefano Longhi

We investigate the existence of quantum {\it quasi} phase transitions for an ensemble of ultracold bosons in a one-dimensional optical lattice, performing exact diagonalizations of the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian. When an external parabolic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Pupillo , E. Tiesinga , C. J. Williams

Delocalization transition is numerically found in a non-Hermitian extension of a discrete-time quantum walk on a one-dimensional random medium. At the transition, an eigenvector gets delocalized and at the same time the corresponding energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-23 Naomichi Hatano , Hideaki Obuse

We use non-equilibrium dynamical mean-field theory to demonstrate the existence of a critical interaction in the real-time dynamics of the Hubbard model after an interaction quench. The critical point is characterized by fast thermalization…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-09-02 Martin Eckstein , Marcus Kollar , Philipp Werner

We propose a startling hybrid quantum architecture for simulating a localization-delocalization transition. The concept is based on an array of superconducting flux qubits which are coupled to a diamond crystal containing nitrogen-vacancy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-18 Thomas Hümmer , Georg M. Reuther , Peter Hänggi , David Zueco

We provide the first experimental demonstration of defect states in parity-time (PT) symmetric mesh-periodic potentials. Our results indicate that these localized modes can undergo an abrupt phase transition in spite of the fact that they…

We analyze a quantum walk on a bipartite one-dimensional lattice, in which the particle can decay whenever it visits one of the two sublattices. The corresponding non-Hermitian tight-binding problem with a complex potential for the decaying…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Rudner , L. S. Levitov

The dynamics of open quantum systems is determined by avoided and true crossings of eigenvalue trajectories of a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. The phases of the eigenfunctions are not rigid so that environmentally induced spectroscopic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-28 Ingrid Rotter

The discovery of novel topological phase advances our knowledge of nature and stimulates the development of applications. In non-Hermitian topological systems, the topology of band touching exceptional points is very important. Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 X. M. Yang , P. Wang , L. Jin , Z. Song

In this work, we investigate the quantum phase transition in a non-Hermitian XY spin chain. The phase diagram shows that the critical points of Ising phase transition expand into a critical transition zone after introducing a non-Hermitian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Yu-Guo Liu , Lu Xu , Zhi Li

Phase transitions in one-dimensional lattice systems are well established and have been extensively studied within both Hermitian and non-Hermitian frameworks. In this work, we extend this understanding to a more general setting by…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-11-25 S Rahul , A Harshitha

Sensitivity of entanglement Hamiltonian spectrum to boundary conditions is considered as a phase detection parameter for delocalized-localized phase transition. By employing one-dimensional models that undergo delocalized-localized phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-07-25 Mohammad Pouranvari , Afshin Montakhab

Non-Hermitian effects have emerged as a new paradigm for the manipulation of phases of matter that profoundly changes our understanding of non-equilibrium systems, introducing novel concepts such as exceptional points and spectral topology,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Zhen Li , Li-Wei Wang , Xulong Wang , Zhi-Kang Lin , Guancong Ma , Jian-Hua Jiang

A mechanism of both formation of peaks in the density of states near the Fermi surface and phase instabilities of nearly ideal degenerate Fermi gas in low-dimensional optical lattices is proposed. According to this mechanism, peak formation…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 L. A. Manakova

Phase transitions are a fundamental concept in science describing diverse phenomena ranging from, e.g., the freezing of water to Bose-Einstein condensation. While the concept is well-established in equilibrium, similarly fundamental…

The time evolution of electron waves in graphene superlattices is studied using both microscopic and 'effective medium' formalisms. The numerical simulations reveal that in a wide range of physical scenarios it is possible to neglect the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 David E. Fernandes , Manuel Rodrigues , Gabriel Falcão , Mário G. Silveirinha

In this proceedings contribution we discuss the fate of the electroweak and the quantum chromodynamics phase transitions relevant for the early stage of the universe at non-zero temperature. These phase transitions are related to the Higgs…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-03 Karl Jansen

We suggest and experimentally realize a spectral photonic lattice - a signal can hop between discrete frequency channels, driven by nonlinear interaction with stronger pump lasers. By controlling the complex envelope and frequency…

Non-interacting particles in non-Hermitian quasi crystals display localization-delocalization and spectral phase transitions in complex energy plane, that can be characterized by point-gap topology. Here we investigate the spectral and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-10 Stefano Longhi

The generation of complex states like multifractal critical states has been an outstanding challenge in both classical and quantum physics. Here we propose a general framework, termed the imaginary gauge phase imprint, allowing to engineer…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-31 Ji-Long Dong , Shi-Liang Zhu , Dan-Wei Zhang