中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 120503-120503.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/12/120503

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices • 上一篇    下一篇

Effect of temporal disorder on wave packet dynamics in one-dimensional kicked lattices

Yuting Wang(王雨婷), Yi Gao(高绎), Peiqing Tong(童培庆)   

  1. 1 Center for Quantum Transport and Thermal Energy Science, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
    2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory on Opto-Electronic Technology, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
    3 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Numerical Simulation of Large Scale Complex Systems, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-08-14 修回日期:2018-11-15 出版日期:2018-12-05 发布日期:2018-12-05
  • 通讯作者: Yi Gao, Peiqing Tong E-mail:flygaoonly@njnu.edu.cn;pqtong@njnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11575087) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20160094).

Effect of temporal disorder on wave packet dynamics in one-dimensional kicked lattices

Yuting Wang(王雨婷)1, Yi Gao(高绎)1,2, Peiqing Tong(童培庆)1,3   

  1. 1 Center for Quantum Transport and Thermal Energy Science, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
    2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory on Opto-Electronic Technology, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
    3 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Numerical Simulation of Large Scale Complex Systems, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • Received:2018-08-14 Revised:2018-11-15 Online:2018-12-05 Published:2018-12-05
  • Contact: Yi Gao, Peiqing Tong E-mail:flygaoonly@njnu.edu.cn;pqtong@njnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11575087) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20160094).

摘要:

Inspired by the recent experimental progress in noisy kicked rotor systems, we investigate the effect of temporal disorder or quasi-periodicity in one-dimensional kicked lattices with pulsed on-site potential. We found that, unlike the spatial disorder or quasi-periodicity which usually leads to localization, the effect of the temporal one is more complex and depends on the spatial configuration. If the kicked on-site potential is periodic in real space, then the wave packet will stay diffusive in the presence of temporal disorder or quasi-periodicity. On the other hand, if the kicked on-site potential is spatially quasi-periodic, then the temporal disorder or quasi-periodicity may lead to a shift of the transition point of the dynamical localization and destroy the dynamical localization in a certain parameter range. The results we obtained can be readily tested by experiments and may help us better understand the dynamical localization.

关键词: temporal disorder, quasi-periodicity, dynamical localization

Abstract:

Inspired by the recent experimental progress in noisy kicked rotor systems, we investigate the effect of temporal disorder or quasi-periodicity in one-dimensional kicked lattices with pulsed on-site potential. We found that, unlike the spatial disorder or quasi-periodicity which usually leads to localization, the effect of the temporal one is more complex and depends on the spatial configuration. If the kicked on-site potential is periodic in real space, then the wave packet will stay diffusive in the presence of temporal disorder or quasi-periodicity. On the other hand, if the kicked on-site potential is spatially quasi-periodic, then the temporal disorder or quasi-periodicity may lead to a shift of the transition point of the dynamical localization and destroy the dynamical localization in a certain parameter range. The results we obtained can be readily tested by experiments and may help us better understand the dynamical localization.

Key words: temporal disorder, quasi-periodicity, dynamical localization

中图分类号:  (Quantum transport)

  • 05.60.Gg
05.30.Rt (Quantum phase transitions) 72.15.Rn (Localization effects (Anderson or weak localization))