15 research outputs found
Enhanced Quantum Transport in Multiplex Networks
Quantum transport through disordered structures is inhibited by (Anderson)
localization effects. The disorder can be either topological as in random
networks or energetical as in the original Anderson model. In both cases the
eigenstates of the Hamiltonian associated with the network become localized. We
show how to overcome localization by network multiplexing. Here, multiple
layers of random networks with the same number of nodes are stacked in such a
way that in the perpendicular directions regular one-dimensional networks are
formed. Depending on the ratio of the coupling within the layer and
perpendicular to it, transport gets either enhanced or diminished. In
particular, if the couplings are of the same order, transport gets enhanced and
localization effects can be overcome. We exemplify our results by two examples:
multiplexes of random networks and of one-dimensional Anderson models.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, fixed reference
Inefficient quantum walks on networks: the role of the density of states
We show by general arguments that networks whose density of states contains
few highly degenerate eigenvalues result in inefficient performances of
continuous-time quantum walks (CTQW) over these networks, while systems whose
eigenvalues all have the same degeneracy lead to very efficient transport. We
exemplify our results by considering CTQW and, for comparison, its classical
counterpart, continuous-time random walks, over simple structures, whose
eigenvalues and eigenstates can be calculated analytically. Extensions to more
complicated, hyper-branched networks are discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Continuous time quantum walks in phase space
We formulate continuous time quantum walks (CTQW) in a discrete quantum
mechanical phase space. We define and calculate the Wigner function (WF) and
its marginal distributions for CTQWs on circles of arbitrary length . The WF
of the CTQW shows characteristic features in phase space. Revivals of the
probability distributions found for continuous and for discrete quantum carpets
do manifest themselves as characteristic patterns in phase space.Comment: slightly revised version to be published in PRA, 6 pages, 6 color
figures (high quality postscript figures are available upon request
Directed excitation transfer in vibrating chains by external fields
We study the coherent dynamics of excitations on vibrating chains. By
applying an external field and matching the field strength with the oscillation
frequency of the chain it is possible to obtain an (average) transport of an
initial Gaussian wave packet. We distinguish between a uniform oscillation of
all nodes of the chain and the chain being in its lowest eigenmode. Both cases
can lead to directed transport.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures (some of the figures are in png-format,
high-quality pdf-files available upon request
Environment-assisted quantum transport and trapping in dimers
We study the dynamics and trapping of excitations for a dimer with an energy
off-set coupled to an external environment. Using a Lindblad quantum
master equation approach, we calculate the survival probability of the
excitation and define different lifetimes of the excitation,
corresponding to the duration of the decay of in between two
predefined values. We show that it is not possible to always enhance the
overall decay to the trap. However, it is possible, even for not too small
environmental couplings and for values of of the order ,
to decrease certain lifetimes , leading to faster decay of in
these time intervals: There is an optimal environmental coupling, leading to a
maximal decay for fixed .Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Spacetime structures of continuous time quantum walks
The propagation by continuous time quantum walks (CTQWs) on one-dimensional
lattices shows structures in the transition probabilities between different
sites reminiscent of quantum carpets. For a system with periodic boundary
conditions, we calculate the transition probabilities for a CTQW by
diagonalizing the transfer matrix and by a Bloch function ansatz. Remarkably,
the results obtained for the Bloch function ansatz can be related to results
from (discrete) generalized coined quantum walks. Furthermore, we show that
here the first revival time turns out to be larger than for quantum carpets.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; accepted for publication in PR
Coherent dynamics on hierarchical systems
We study the coherent transport modeled by continuous-time quantum walks,
focussing on hierarchical structures. For these we use Husimi cacti, lattices
dual to the dendrimers. We find that the transport depends strongly on the
initial site of the excitation. For systems of sizes , we find that
processes which start at central sites are nearly recurrent. Furthermore, we
compare the classical limiting probability distribution to the long time
average of the quantum mechanical transition probability which shows
characteristic patterns. We succeed in finding a good lower bound for the
(space) average of the quantum mechanical probability to be still or again at
the initial site.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Energy transfer properties and absorption spectra of the FMO complex: from exact PIMC calculations to TCL master equations
We investigate the excitonic energy transfer (EET) in the
Fenna-Matthews-Olsen complex and obtain the linear absorption spectrum (at 300
K) by a phenomenological time-convolutionless (TCL) master equation which is
validated by utilizing Path Integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations. By
applying Marcus' theory for choosing the proper Lindblad operators for the
long-time incoherent hopping process and using local non-Markovian dephasing
rates, our model shows very good agreement with the PIMC results for EET. It
also correctly reproduces the linear absorption spectrum that is found in
experiment, without using any fitting parameters.Comment: Added citations and small typographic correction
Geometrical aspects of quantum walks on random two-dimensional structures
We study the transport properties of continuous-time quantum walks (CTQW)
over finite two-dimensional structures with a given number of randomly placed
bonds and with different aspect ratios (AR). Here, we focus on the transport
from, say, the left side to the right side of the structure where absorbing
sites are placed. We do so by analyzing the long-time average of the survival
probability of CTQW. We compare the results to the classical continuous-time
random walk case (CTRW). For small AR (landscape configurations) we observe
only small differences between the quantum and the classical transport
properties, i.e., roughly the same number of bonds is needed to facilitate the
transport. However, with increasing AR (portrait configurations) a much larger
number of bonds is needed in the CTQW case than in the CTRW case. While for
CTRW the number of bonds needed decreases when going from small AR to large AR,
for CTRW this number is large for small AR, has a minimum for the square
configuration, and increases again for increasing AR. We corroborate our
findings for large AR by showing that the corresponding quantum eigenstates are
strongly localized in situations in which the transport is facilitated in the
CTRW case.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Universal Behavior of Quantum Walks with Long-Range Steps
Quantum walks with long-range steps ( being the distance
between sites) on a discrete line behave in similar ways for all .
This is in contrast to classical random walks, which for belong to
a different universality class than for . We show that the
average probabilities to be at the initial site after time as well as the
mean square displacements are of the same functional form for quantum walks
with , 4, and with nearest neighbor steps. We interpolate this result
to arbitrary .Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure