Cluster dynamics in two-dimensional lattice gases with intersite interactions

verfasst von
Wei Han Li, Arya Dhar, Xiaolong Deng, Luis Santos
Abstract

Sufficiently strong intersite interactions in extended-Hubbard and XXZ spin models result in dynamically bound clusters at neighboring sites. We show that the dynamics of these clusters in two-dimensional lattices is remarkably different and richer than that of repulsively bound on-site clusters in gases without intersite interactions. Whereas on-site pairs move in the same lattice as individual particles, nearest-neighbor dimers perform an interacting quantum walk in a different lattice geometry, leading to a peculiar dynamics characterized by multiple timescales. Although this is generally true, it is especially relevant in some lattices, including triangular and diamond lattices for hard-core bosons, and square lattices for soft-core bosons, where dimers move resonantly in either a kagome or a Lieb lattice. As a result, dimers show two very different transport velocities - a fast one comparable to the motion of individual particles, and a very slow one associated to flatband quasilocalization. Moreover, these lattices permit the resonant motion of longer clusters, and, remarkably, trimers move faster than quasi-flatband dimers for sufficiently strong optical lattices. This rich interplay between multiscaled quantum walk dynamics, quasilocalization, and flatband physics may be readily observed in experiments with lanthanide atoms.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Theoretische Physik
QuantumFrontiers
SFB 1227: Designte Quantenzustände der Materie (DQ-mat)
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Physical Review A
Band
103
ISSN
2469-9926
Publikationsdatum
23.04.2021
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.02663 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.043331 (Zugang: Geschlossen)