Nonadiabatic landau–zener–stückelberg–majorana transitions, dynamics, and interference

V Ivakhnenko, SN Shevchenko, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Since the pioneering works by Landau, Zener, Stückelberg, and Majorana (LZSM), it has
been known that driving a quantum two-level system results in tunneling between its states …

Probing the universality of topological defect formation in a quantum annealer: Kibble-Zurek mechanism and beyond

Y Bando, Y Susa, H Oshiyama, N Shibata… - Physical Review …, 2020‏ - APS
The number of topological defects created in a system driven through a quantum phase
transition exhibits a power-law scaling with the driving time. This universal scaling law is the …

Non-Hermitian sensing in the absence of exceptional points

L **ao, Y Chu, Q Lin, H Lin, W Yi, J Cai, P Xue - Physical Review Letters, 2024‏ - APS
Open systems possess unique potentials in high-precision sensing, yet the majority of
previous studies rely on the spectral singularities known as “exceptional points.” Here, we …

Universal breakdown of Kibble-Zurek scaling in fast quenches across a phase transition

HB Zeng, CY **a, A Del Campo - Physical Review Letters, 2023‏ - APS
The crossing of a continuous phase transition gives rise to the formation of topological
defects described by the Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) in the limit of slow quenches. The …

Defect formation beyond Kibble-Zurek mechanism and holography

PM Chesler, AM Garcia-Garcia, H Liu - Physical Review X, 2015‏ - APS
We study the dynamic after a smooth quench across a continuous transition from the
disordered phase to the ordered phase. Based on scaling ideas, linear response, and the …

Global formation of topological defects in the multiferroic hexagonal manganites

QN Meier, M Lilienblum, SM Griffin, K Conder… - Physical Review X, 2017‏ - APS
The spontaneous transformations associated with symmetry-breaking phase transitions
generate domain structures and defects that may be topological in nature. The formation of …

Kibble–Zurek mechanism in colloidal monolayers

S Deutschländer, P Dillmann, G Maret… - Proceedings of the …, 2015‏ - pnas.org
The Kibble–Zurek mechanism describes the evolution of topological defect structures like
domain walls, strings, and monopoles when a system is driven through a second-order …

Full counting statistics of topological defects after crossing a phase transition

FJ Gómez-Ruiz, JJ Mayo, A Del Campo - Physical Review Letters, 2020‏ - APS
We consider the number distribution of topological defects resulting from the finite-time
crossing of a continuous phase transition and identify signatures of universality beyond the …

Experimentally testing quantum critical dynamics beyond the Kibble–Zurek mechanism

JM Cui, FJ Gómez-Ruiz, YF Huang, CF Li… - Communications …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Kibble–Zurek mechanism (KZM) describes the dynamics across a phase
transition leading to the formation of topological defects, such as vortices in superfluids and …

Varying quench dynamics in the transverse Ising chain: The Kibble-Zurek, saturated, and presaturated regimes

HC Kou, P Li - Physical Review B, 2023‏ - APS
According to the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, there is a universal power-law relationship
between the defect density and the quench rate during a slow linear quench through a …