Statistical moments of quantum-walk dynamics reveal topological quantum transitions

Topological phases play a fundamental role in a variety of physical systems, yet there is a lack of efficient tools for revealing the occurrence of associated quantum transitions. Here, Cardano et al.report that such transitions can be identified in the statistics of quantum-walk dynamics and valida...

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Main Authors: Filippo Cardano, Maria Maffei, Francesco Massa, Bruno Piccirillo, Corrado de Lisio, Giulio De Filippis, Vittorio Cataudella, Enrico Santamato, Lorenzo Marrucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11439