Recurrence of the eigenstates of a Schrödinger operator with automatic potential

We consider the Schrödinger eigenvalue problem in the discrete case with a potential assuming two values distributed according to the automatic sequence of Prouhet-Thue-Morse. We show that there are no localized states and that the generalized eigenvectors are recurrent on a geometrical set stemming from the hierarchical nature of the potential.     

Spectral characteristics of the impurity band in the structural disorder model

The density and character of the quantum states in the impurity band arising from broadening of the local impurity level are studied. When the impurity concentration is small, the energy levels and states in the impurity band admit an apparent geometric systematics in the main approximation. In this systematics, the wave functions are localized at one or two centers, though the energy levels depend on the positions of orther centers. The density of states and the space correlators calculated in the main approximation are of universal nature, i.e., are represented in a certain scale as universal functions independent of the concentration. In the immediate vicinity of the local level, where in terms of the geometric systematics the density of states has a gap, different states become significant, which collectivize a larger number of centers. They fill the gap, the filling degree essentially depending on the impurity concentration. The general structure of the impurity band spectrum is discussed.     

The density of states in the Anderson model at weak disorder: A renormalization group analysis of the hierarchical model

We study the density of states in a hierarchical approximation of the Anderson tight-binding model at weak disorder using a renormalization group approach. Since the Laplacian term in our model is hierarchical, the renormalization group transformations act essentially on the local potential distribution and the energy. Technically, we use the supersymmetric replica trick and study the averaged Green's function. Starting with a Gaussian distribution with small variance, we find that the density of states is analytic as soon as the variance of the potential is turned on, except possibly near the band edge, where we can show this only for>2, which corresponds tod>4. Moreover, it is perturbatively close to the free one, except near the eigenvalues of the (hierarchical) Laplacian, where it is given (up to perturbative corrections) by the rescaled potential distribution.     

Equilibrium and stationary nonequilibrium states in a chain of colliding harmonic oscillators

Equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of a chain of colliding harmonic oscillators (ding-dong model) are investigated. Our chain is modeled as harmonically bounded particles that can only interact with neighboring particles by hard-core interaction. Between the collisions, particles are just independent harmonic oscillators. We are especially interested in the stationary nonequilibrium state of the ding-dong model coupled with two stochastic heat reservoirs (not thermostated) at the ends, whose temperature is different. We check the Gallavotti-Cohen fluctuation theorem [G. Gallavoti and E. G. D. Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2694 (1995)] and also the Evans-Searles identity [D. Evans and D. Searles, Phys. Rev. E. 50, 1994 (1994)] numerically. It is verified that the former theorem is satisfied for this system, although the system is not a thermostated system.     

The size effect and analogous boundary states in a circular non-Hermitian chain

We investigate the size effect and boundary states based on a circular non-Hermitian chain under the nonreciprocal intra-cell coupling and inter-cell coupling regimes.We find that the circular non-Hermitian chain exhibits an even-odd effect on the unit cell corresponding to a large chain,which is different from the open non-Hermitian chain only exhibiting the same effect for a small chain.Moreover,we find that the originally localized bulk states become totally extended via designing the boundary coupling strength appropriately.The extended bulk states reveal the fact of the disappearance of the non-Hermitian skin effect.In particular,we show that the circular non-Hermitian chain also possesses the analogous edge states under some parameter regimes,which is pretty counterintuitive since the circular chain usually cannot define a boundary.Our investigations supply the different non-Hermitian phenomena in a circular non-Hermitian chain.     

Engineering bands of extended electronic states in a class of topologically disordered and quasiperiodic lattices

We show that a discrete tight-binding model representing either a random or a quasiperiodic array of bonds can have the entire energy spectrum or a substantial part of it absolutely continuous, populated by extended eigenfunctions only, when atomic sites are coupled to the lattice locally, or non-locally from one side. The event can be fine-tuned by controlling only the host–adatom coupling in one case, while in two other cases cited here an additional external magnetic field is necessary. The delocalization of electronic states for the group of systems presented here is sensitive to a subtle correlation between the numerical values of the Hamiltonian parameters – a fact that is not common in the conventional cases of Anderson localization. Our results are analytically exact, and supported by numerical evaluation of the density of states and electronic transmission coefficient.     

Spectrum peculiarity and enhancement of the electronic density of states in a granular chain

The uniform chain with equidistant perturbed links is used to investigate spectral properties of a granular medium. The arisen change of the density of states is treated as the effect of displacing them out of the intervals between grains. Some additional effect in that density originated by its nonanalyticity is revealed.     

Mixed symmetry states and isospin excitation in the N = Z nucleus 28Si

The interacting boson model with isospin (IBM-3) has been used to study the isospin excitation states and mixed symmetry states at low spin for 28Si. The theoretical calculations are in agreement with experimental data. The theoretical results show that the 81+ energy is 14.73 MeV.     

Mixed symmetry states and electromagnetic transition in the N=Z nucleus ^28Si

The interacting boson model with isospin （IBM-3） has been used to study mixed symmetry states and electromagnetic transitions at low-lying states for a ^28Si nucleus. The theoretical calculations show that the 24^＋ state is the lowest mixed symmetry state in ^28Si and the 43＋ state is also a mixed symmetry state.     

An ab initio analysis of electronic states associated with a silicon vacancy in cubic symmetry

The electronic orbitals localized in the vicinity of a vacancy in a silicon crystal are calculated by an ab initio method based on the density functional theory and analyzed in association with the elastic softening observed by the recent ultrasonic experiments, especially focused on an estimate of the electric quadrupole moments. The localized orbitals due to the existence of a vacancy show largely extended properties and the quadrupole moments calculated from the orbitals indicate the strong dependence on cell sizes up to 511 atoms in the basic cell. Asymptotic values of the quadrupole moments in the limit of large size are obtained by an extrapolating method. It is shown that the quadrupole moments are enhanced due to the extension of the orbitals and the ratio of the quadrupole moments of Γ₅ and Γ₃ symmetries agrees well with the value deduced from the experimental results.     

Singular behavior of the density of states and the Lyapunov coefficient in binary random harmonic chains

We study the integrated density of statesH( ²) of a chain of harmonic oscillators with a binary random distribution of the masses. We show in particular that there is a dense set of values of the squared frequency for which the differenceH( ²+)-H( ²) has a singularity of the type ¦¦², multiplied by a periodic function of ln ¦¦, where the exponent and the period depend continuously on ². In the region where < 1/2,H is not differentiate on a dense set of points. The same type of singularities is also present in the Lyapunov coefficient.     

Density of states and extent of wave function: two crucial factors for small polaron hopping conductivity in 1D

Abstract

We introduce a theoretical model to scrutinize the conductivity of small polarons in 1D disordered systems, focusing on two crucial – as will be demonstrated – factors: the density of states and the spatial extent of the electronic wave function. The investigation is performed for any temperature up to 300 K and under electric field of arbitrary strength up to the polaron dissociation limit. To accomplish this task, we combine analytical work with numerical calculations.     

Critical theories of phase transition between symmetry protected topological states and their relation to the gapless boundary theories

Symmetry protected topological states (SPTs) have the same symmetry and the phase transition between them are beyond Landau?s symmetry breaking formalism. In this paper we study (1) the critical theory of phase transition between trivial and non-trivial SPTs, and (2) the relation between such critical theory and the gapless boundary theory of SPTs. Based on examples of SO(3)$\mathrm{SO}(3)$ and SU(2)$\mathrm{SU}(2)$ SPTs, we propose that under appropriate boundary condition the critical theory contains the delocalized version of the boundary excitations. In addition, we prove that the boundary theory is the critical theory spatially confined between two SPTs. We expect these conclusions to hold in general and, in particular, for discrete symmetry groups as well.     

Enhanced vacuum Rabi splitting and double dark states in a composite atom-cavity system

The transmission spectrum of four-level atoms in a cavity is calculated. It is shown that the four separate peaks associated with normal mode splitting and intra-cavity double dark states can be observed simultaneously. The position and intensity of the four peaks can be controlled by the intensity of the third interacting light. Therefore, the enhancement of normal mode splitting by a third coupling light of the intra-cavity four-level atoms is developed.      

Two interacting particles in a disordered chain II: Critical statistics and maximum mixing of the one body states

For two particles in a disordered chain of length L with on-site interaction U, a duality transformation maps the behavior at weak interaction onto the behavior at strong interaction. Around the fixed point of this transformation, the interaction yields a maximum mixing of the one body states. When (the one particle localization length), this mixing results in weak chaos accompanied by multifractal wave functions and critical spectral statistics, as in the one particle problem at the mobility edge or in certain pseudo-integrable billiards. In one dimension, a local interaction can only yield this weak chaos but can never drive the two particle system to full chaos with Wigner-Dyson statistics. Received: 22 May 1998 / Received in final form: 24 August 1998 / Accepted: 4 September 1998     

Quantum controlled phase gate and cluster states generation via two superconducting quantum interference devices in a cavity

A scheme for implementing 2-qubit quantum controlled phase gate (QCPG) is proposed with two superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) in a cavity. The gate operations are realized within the two lower flux states of the SQUIDs by using a quantized cavity field and classical microwave pulses. Our scheme is achieved without any type of measurement, does not use the cavity mode as the data bus and only requires a very short resonant interaction of the SQUID-cavity system. As an application of the QCPG operation, we also propose a scheme for generating the cluster states of many SQUIDs.     

On the solutions and the steady states of a master equation

A complete characterization of the time behavior of the means and variance of a stochastic process which is generated by a finite number of independent systems is presented based on the master equation for the conditional probability. It is found that the means and variance relax to a steady state and that the steady state will be independent of the initial state if and only if a matrix related to the transition matrix is nonsingular. Finally, the result that the variance approaches its steady-state form at twice the rate of the means is shown to depend on the nonsingularity of the same matrix.     

Schemes to generate and distinguish a type of genuine four-qubit entangled states in a cavity QED system

We propose a scheme to generate a type of genuine four-qubit entangled states, which were firstly introduced by Yeo et al. [Y. Yeo, W. K. Chua, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 060502]. These states have many interesting entanglement properties and possess possible applications in quantum information processing and in fundamental tests of quantum physics. We show that such a type of 16 orthonormal basis states can be deterministically distinguished by a cavity QED system.