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¹Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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Area of Science:

Condensed matter physics
Quantum dynamics
Nonlinear systems

Background:

Vibrating chains exhibit complex dynamics influenced by external forces.
Coherent transport of excitations is crucial for understanding energy and charge transfer.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the conditions for achieving directed transport of wave packets on vibrating chains.
To analyze the role of external fields and chain oscillation modes in controlling excitation dynamics.

Main Methods:

Applying an external field with specific strength and frequency matching to the chain's oscillation.
Simulating the coherent dynamics of an initial Gaussian wave packet.
Comparing transport in chains with uniform oscillations versus lowest eigenmode oscillations.

Main Results:

Directed transport of wave packets can be achieved by tuning the external field strength to the chain's oscillation frequency.
Both uniform chain oscillations and oscillations in the lowest eigenmode can facilitate directed transport.
The coherent dynamics of excitations are essential for this controlled movement.

Conclusions:

External field control offers a viable method for directed excitation transport in vibrating chain systems.
Understanding the interplay between external fields and intrinsic chain dynamics is key to manipulating quantum phenomena.
This research provides insights into controlling wave packet propagation in structured media.