Emergence of caustics in dynamics of the Kitaev model

Subhendu Saha ()
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Subhendu Saha: University of Calcutta

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2025, vol. 98, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract We study quasiparticle dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) integrable Kitaev honeycomb model, both without and in the presence of an external periodic drive. We identify light cones in wavefunction propagation as a signature of quantum caustics, i.e., bright structures formed during quantum dynamics analogous to that of imperfect focusing in geometrical optics. We show that this dynamics follows an angle in spatial direction and it is anisotropic with respect to model parameters. Using coalescence of critical points, we provide an exact solution to the envelope of caustics, which corresponds to the Lieb–Robinson bound in 2D. Further, considering the system to be periodically driven, we point out that the caustics structure completely changes in the presence of external time-dependent drive. Graphic Abstract

Date: 2025
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