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Driven Harper model

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Andrey R. Kolovsky *
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Giorgio Mantica
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.054306delete
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We analyze the driven Harper model, which appears in the problem of tight-binding electrons in the Hall configuration (normal to the lattice plane magnetic field plus in-plane electric field). The presence of an electric field extends the celebrated Harper model, which is parametrized by the Peierls phase, into the driven Harper model, which is additionally parametrized by two Bloch frequencies, associated with the two components of the electric field. We show that the eigenstates of the driven Harper model are either extended or localized, depending on the commensurability of the Bloch frequencies. This results holds for both rational and irrational values of the Peierls phase. In the case of incommensurate Bloch frequencies we provide an estimate for the wave-function localization length.
Keywords:
ELECTRONS

Journal

Physical Review B cover
Physical Review B
IF:
3.7
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15.4W
Citations:
41.0W

Organization

K
Kirensky Institute of Physics
Scholars:
258
Papers: 237
Citations: 0
R
russian academy of sciences
Scholars:
9.1W
Papers: 6.0W
Citations: 60