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arxiv: 1608.00719 · v2 · pith:FU23H7E2new · submitted 2016-08-02 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.mes-hall

Effects of disorder on non-unitary mathcal{PT} symmetric quantum walks

classification 🪐 quant-ph cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords symmetrymathcalnon-unitaryquantumwalksdisordereffectsentirely
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$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry, namely, a combined parity and time-reversal symmetry can make non-unitary quantum walks exhibit entirely real eigenenergy. However, it is known that the concept of $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry can be generalized and an arbitrary anti-unitary symmetry has a possibility to substitute $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry. The aim of the present work is to seek such non-unitary quantum walks with generalized $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry by focusing on effects of spatially random disorder which breaks $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry. We numerically find non-unitary quantum walks whose quasi-energy is entirely real despite $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry is broken.

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