Manifestation of the Berry connection in chiral lattice systems
arXiv:2401.07946 · doi:10.1038/s42005-024-01746-y
Abstract
The Aharonov-Bohm effect is a physical phenomenon where the vector potential induces a phase shift of electron wavepackets in regions with zero magnetic fields. It is often referred to as evidence for the physical reality of the vector potential. A similar effect can be observed in solid-state systems, where the Berry connection can influence electron dynamics. Here, we show that in chiral-symmetric processes the Berry connection determines an observable effect on the mean chiral displacement of delocalized wavefunctions. This finding is supported by a photonic experiment realizing a topological quantum walk, and demonstrates a new effect that can be attributed directly to the presence of a gauge field.
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