Equivalence and superposition of real and imaginary quasiperiodicities

Abstract

We take non-Hermitian Aubry-André-Harper models and quasiperiodic Kitaev chains as examples to demonstrate the equivalence and superposition of real and imaginary quasiperiodic potentials (QPs) on inducing localization of single-particle states. We prove this equivalence by analytically computing Lyapunov exponents (or inverse of localization lengths) for systems with purely real and purely imaginary QPs. Moreover, when superposed and with the same frequency, real and imaginary QPs are coherent on inducing the localization, under a way which is determined by the relative phase between them. The localization induced by a coherent superposition can be simulated by the Hermitian model with an effective strength of QP, implying that models are in the same universality class. When their frequencies are different and relatively incommensurate, they are incoherent and their superposition leads to less correlation effects. Numerical results show that the localization happens earlier and there is an intermediate mixed phase lacking of mobility edge.

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