Dynamical quantum phase transitions: a review

M Heyl - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum theory provides an extensive framework for the description of the equilibrium
properties of quantum matter. Yet experiments in quantum simulators have now opened up …

Dynamical quantum phase transitions: A brief survey

M Heyl - Europhysics Letters, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonequilibrium states of closed quantum many-body systems defy a thermodynamic
description. As a consequence, constraints such as the principle of equal a priori …

Simulating dynamic quantum phase transitions in photonic quantum walks

K Wang, X Qiu, L **ao, X Zhan, Z Bian, W Yi, P Xue - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Signaled by nonanalyticities in the time evolution of physical observables, dynamic quantum
phase transitions (DQPTs) emerge in quench dynamics of topological systems and possess …

Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobability approach to the statistics of incompatible observables

M Lostaglio, A Belenchia, A Levy… - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
Recent work has revealed the central role played by the Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobability
(KDQ) as a tool to properly account for non-classical features in the context of condensed …

Mixed state dynamical quantum phase transitions

U Bhattacharya, S Bandyopadhyay, A Dutta - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Preparing an integrable system in a mixed state described by a thermal density matrix, we
subject it to a sudden quench and explore the subsequent unitary dynamics. To address the …

Dynamical quantum phase transitions in non-Hermitian lattices

L Zhou, Q Wang, H Wang, J Gong - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
In closed quantum systems, dynamical phase transitions are identified by the nonanalytic
behavior of the return probability as a function of time. In this work, we study the nonunitary …

Biorthogonal dynamical quantum phase transitions in non-hermitian systems

Y **g, JJ Dong, YY Zhang, ZX Hu - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
By utilizing biorthogonal bases, we develop a comprehensive framework for studying
biorthogonal dynamical quantum phase transitions in non-Hermitian systems. With the help …

Dynamical quantum phase transitions: a geometric picture

J Lang, B Frank, JC Halimeh - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
The Loschmidt echo is a purely quantum-mechanical quantity whose determination for large
quantum many-body systems requires an exceptionally precise knowledge of all eigenstates …

Observation of a dynamical quantum phase transition by a superconducting qubit simulation

XY Guo, C Yang, Y Zeng, Y Peng, HK Li, H Deng… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
A dynamical quantum phase transition can occur during time evolution of sudden quenched
quantum systems across a phase transition. It corresponds to the nonanalytic behavior at a …

Floquet dynamical phase transition and entanglement spectrum

R Jafari, A Akbari - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We explore both pure and mixed state Floquet dynamical quantum phase transitions
(FDQFTs) in the one-dimensional p-wave superconductor with a time-driven pairing phase …