arXiv:1111.3460 · Physical Review B

Classical realization of two-site Fermi-Hubbard systems

Stefano Longhi, Giuseppe Della Valle, Vittorio Foglietti

Published Jul 18, 2011• 7 citations

Abstract

A classical wave optics realization of the two-site Hubbard model, describing the dynamics of interacting fermions in a double-well potential, is proposed based on light transport in evanescently coupled optical waveguides.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.033102

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