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Dynamics of an open $N$-state quantum system is typically modeled with a Markovian master equation describing the evolution of the system's density operator. By using generators of $SU(N)$ group as a basis, the density operator can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 A. Liniov , I. Meyerov , E. Kozinov , V. Volokitin , I. Yusipov , M. Ivanchenko , S. Denisov

Topology and geometry are essential to our understanding of modern physics, underlying many foundational concepts from high energy theories, quantum information, and condensed matter physics. In condensed matter systems, a wide range of…

The optimum subspace decomposition of the infinite-dimensional compressible random processes in the locally convex Hausdorff space has been propose and its dimension has been measured. We conduct topological analysis of finite- and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Mohammadreza Robaei , Robert Akl

The quantum geometry in the momentum space of semiconductors and insulators, described by the quantum metric of the valence band Bloch state, has been an intriguing issue owing to its connection to various material properties. Because the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-30 Matheus S. M. de Sousa , Antonio L. Cruz , Wei Chen

We present graphical representation for genaralized quantum measurements (POVM). We represent POVM elements as Bloch vectors and find the conditions these vectors should satisfy in order to describe realizable physical measurements. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pawel Kurzynski , Andrzej Grudka

The most general form for symmetric modes of nonlinear discrete-symmetry systems with nonlinearity depending on the modulus of the field is presented. Vortex solutions are demonstrated to behave as Bloch modes characterized by an angular…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Albert Ferrando

After recalling the definition of codes as modules over skew polynomial rings, whose multiplication is defined by using an automorphism and a derivation, and some basic facts about them, in the first part of this paper we study some of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-13 Luis Felipe Tapia Cuitiño , Andrea Luigi Tironi

We study quantum dynamics of wave packet motion of Bloch electrons in quantum networks with the tight-binding approach for different types of nearest-neighbor interactions. For various geometrical configurations, these networks can function…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 S. Yang , Z. Song , C. P. Sun

The quantum metric encodes the geometric structure of Bloch wave functions and governs a wide range of physical responses. Its Brillouin-zone integral, the quantum weight, appears in the structure factor and provides lower bounds on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Yi-Chun Hung , Yugo Onishi , Hsin Lin , Liang Fu , Arun Bansil

The importance of simple geometrical invariants, such as the Berry curvature and quantum metric, constructed from the Bloch states of a crystal has become well-established over four decades of research. More complex aspects of geometry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-07 Johannes Mitscherling , Alexander Avdoshkin , Joel E. Moore

The numerical range of holomorphic mappings arises in many aspects of nonlinear analysis, finite and infinite dimensional holomorphy, and complex dynamical systems. In particular, this notion plays a crucial role in establishing exponential…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-11-12 Filippo Bracci , Marina Levenshtein , Simeon Reich , David Shoikhet

Most discussions of chaotic scattering systems are devoted to two-dimensional systems. It is of considerable interest to extend these studies to the, in general, more realistic case of three dimensions. In this context, it is conceptually…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-02-03 Michael Henseler , Andreas Wirzba , Thomas Guhr

For decades, ``geometry" in band theory has largely meant Berry phase and Berry curvature-quantities that reshape semiclassical dynamics and underpin modern topological matter. Yet the full geometric content of a Bloch band is richer and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-01 Bohm-Jung Yang

We study optical Bloch oscillations in the one- and two-dimensional arrays of helical waveguides with transverse refractive index gradient. Longitudinal rotation of waveguides may lead to notable variations of the width of the band of…

The quantum metric and Berry curvature capture essential properties of non-trivial Bloch states and underpin many fascinating phenomena. However, it becomes increasingly evident that a more comprehensive understanding of quantum state…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-07 Alexander Avdoshkin , Johannes Mitscherling , Joel E. Moore

The static second hyperpolarizability is derived from the space-fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation in the particle-centric view. The Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn sum rule matrix elements and the three-level ansatz determines the maximum second…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Nathan J. Dawson , Onassis Nottage , Moussa Kounta

In this work, we employ the $SO(2)$-rotations of a two-component, one-, two- and three-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger system at and near the Manakov limit, to construct vector solitons and vortex structures. This way, stable…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-06-20 E. G. Charalampidis , Wenlong Wang , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , J. Cuevas-Maraver

The Glauber-Sudarshan $P$-representation is used in quantum optics to distinguish between semi-classical and genuinely quantum electromagnetic fields. We employ the analog of the $P$-representation to show that the violation of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Wasak , P. Szankowski , P. Zin , M. Trippenbach , J. Chwedenczuk

Quantum groups and non-commutative spaces have been repeatedly utilized in approaches to quantum gravity. They provide a mathematically elegant cut-off, often interpreted as related to the Planck-scale quantum uncertainty in position. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-09 Eugenio Bianchi , Carlo Rovelli

In the paper we discuss possible applications of the so-called stroboscopic tomography (stroboscopic observability) to selected decoherence models of 2-level quantum systems. The main assumption behind our reasoning claims that the time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-15 Artur Czerwiński