SciPost Submission Page
Time-dependent variational Monte Carlo study of the dynamic response of bosons in an optical lattice
by Mathias Gartner, Ferran Mazzanti, Robert E. Zillich
This Submission thread is now published as
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Mathias Gartner · Ferran Mazzanti · Robert Zillich |
| Submission information | |
|---|---|
| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.07535v2 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2022-06-14 |
| Date submitted: | 2022-05-30 13:11 |
| Submitted by: | Gartner, Mathias |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
| Ontological classification | |
|---|---|
| Academic field: | Physics |
| Specialties: |
|
| Approaches: | Theoretical, Computational |
Abstract
We study the dynamics of a one-dimensional Bose gas at unit filling in both shallow and deep optical lattices and obtain the dynamic structure factor ${S(k,\omega)}$ by monitoring the linear response to a weak probe pulse. We introduce a new procedure, based on the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo method (tVMC), which allows to evolve the system in real time, using as a variational model a Jastrow-Feenberg wave function that includes pair correlations. Comparison with exact diagonalization results of ${S(k,\omega)}$ obtained on a lattice in the Bose-Hubbard limit shows good agreement of the dispersion relation for sufficiently deep optical lattices, while for shallow lattices we observe the influence of higher Bloch bands. We also investigate non-linear response to strong pulses. From the power spectrum of the density fluctuations we obtain the excitation spectrum, albeit broadened, by higher harmonic generation after a strong pulse with a single low wave number. As a remarkable feature of our simulations we furthermore demonstrate that the full excitation spectrum can be retrieved from the power spectrum of the density fluctuations due to the stochastic noise inherent in any Monte Carlo method, without applying an actual perturbation.
Author comments upon resubmission
Please find our resubmission of the manuscript which includes the suggestions raised by the referees. We hope that they are adequate and suitable to warrant publication in the SciPost Physics journal.
The answers to the referees' questions can be found as comments to the reports.
Yours sincerely,
Mathias Gartner, Ferran Mazzanti and Robert E. Zillich
List of changes
Taking into account the referees’ suggestions, we made the following changes to the manuscript:
- change the title to “Time-dependent variational Monte Carlo study of the dynamic response of bosons in an optical lattice”
- dividing the manuscript in sections
- corrected the expression for the local energy $E=H \Psi / \Psi$ [Report 2.4]
- in abstract distinguish between the power spectrum of density fluctuations and the dynamic structure factor [Report 1.1]
- we now refer to $|\delta \tilde \rho (k, \omega)|$ as the square root of the power spectrum of the density fluctuations
- introduction to our results at the end of the new section “Introduction”
- add explanation why we use the form $sin^2(k_L x)$ as optical lattice potential [Report 2.1]
- add information about the boundary condition on the wavefunction due to the contact interaction [Report 3.2]
- add color legend in Fig. 2 [Report 1.2]
- add more detailed discussion about the comparison with [39] in section 3.1 [Report 1.2]
- in section 3.3 we significantly extend the discussion of the noise in equation (6) [Report 2.2, Report 3.3]
- write the Jastrow ansatz as products of the exponential of correlation functions and extend the description of our variational ansatz for the wavefunction [Report 2.3]
- add new section 2.2 where technical details of the numerical simulations are stated [Report 3]
- we compared the ground state energy of our variational wavefunction for a Lieb Liniger model to Bethe ansatz calculations and state the result in section 3 [Report 3.1]
- correct an error in the $\omega$-axis values in figure 3
- add new references [24], [30], [37] and [38]
- generally we tried to improve readability by changing wording throughout the text
- adding label (a), (b), and (c) for the panels in Fig.3
Published as SciPost Phys. 13, 025 (2022)
Reports on this Submission
Report
I am satisfied with the authors' response to my report and the other reports and recommend publication. The paper meets expectation number 3: it "opens a new pathway in an existing or a new research direction, with clear potential for multipronged follow-up work". It also meets all of the general acceptance criteria.