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Yao Qin1,2, Chao Yang1,2, Jiankun Zhu2
1Southern University of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials and Department of Physics, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Extended, localized, and critical states form the three elementary classes of eigenstates underlying Anderson localization. While phases involving extended and localized states are widely studied, experimental realization of critical phases, particularly those where critical states coexist with others, remains a challenge. Here, we report to realize five distinct localization phases: extended, localized, critical, extended-localized mixed, and critical-localized mixed, in a one-dimensional Floquet lattice with quasiperiodic hopping amplitudes and on-site potentials. These phases are identified through characteristic spatiotemporal dynamics, supported by mutually consistent experimental observations and theoretical analysis. Our findings establish a unified experimental framework for systematic studies of localization transitions, mobility edges, and criticality in driven quasiperiodic systems.
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