2025/01/07 by Xiaomeng Zhang, Zhang, Xiao-Meng, Ze‐Guo Chen +7 · 1 citation
Engineering · Mathematics · #Acceleration #Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research #Boundary (topology) #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Classical mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Geometry #Heat Transfer and Optimization #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other) #Physics #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum Zeno effect #Quantum decoherence #Quantum mechanics #Topology (electrical circuits) #Zeno's paradoxes
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2501.03502
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University)
openalex publication_date 2025/01/07 · openalex created_date 2025/01/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Quantum measurements severely disrupt the dynamic evolution of a quantum system by collapsing the probabilistic wavefunction. This principle can be leveraged to control quantum states by effectively freezing the system's dynamics or enhancing transitions between states. These are known as the quantum Zeno effect (ZE) and anti-Zeno effect (AZE), respectively. However, it remains elusive how quantum measurements affect topological states, which are famous for their robustness against disorder and perturbations. Here, we theoretically and experimentally show that the dynamic evolution of topological boundary states (TBSs) can be controlled by quantum-like measurement (QLM). Our work is based on spatially modulated topological acoustic waveguide systems with varying parameters that adiabatically pump the TBS across the bulk to the opposite boundary. Therein, the QLM is emulated using a perturbation to the Hamiltonian known as the Zeno subspace. With the help of quantum metrics, we identify the general conditions for ZE and AZE, and experimentally demonstrate their effects in freezing and accelerating the tunneling of the TBS. Furthermore, we discover a tunneling mechanism by varying the strength of the QLM. These results highlight QLM as a versatile tool for manipulating topological states and wave propagation.