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arxiv: 2606.14825 · v2 · pith:P4ELZIB3new · submitted 2026-06-12 · ❄️ cond-mat.dis-nn · cond-mat.quant-gas· physics.optics· quant-ph

Experimental realization of the complete seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape

Yao Qin , Chao Yang , Yuzhe Zhang , Yucheng Wang , Jingyun Fan This is my paper

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keywords Anderson localizationphotonic latticeFloquet systemquasiperiodic hoppingcritical statesphase coexistencemobility edge
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A Floquet photonic lattice realizes the full seven-phase Anderson localization landscape including triple coexistence.

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Modern localization theory predicts seven phases consisting of extended, critical, and localized states plus all possible coexistence combinations among them, yet no single experiment had produced the complete set. This work engineers quasiperiodic hopping profiles that include irregularly placed zeros inside a one-dimensional Floquet photonic lattice to generate critical states and all required coexistence sectors. Distinct transport behaviors—ballistic spreading, confined oscillations, and persistent localization—directly identify each phase and the transitions between them. The result supplies an experimental map of the entire hierarchy in one platform.

Core claim

In a one-dimensional Floquet photonic lattice, quasiperiodic hopping profiles containing inhomogeneously distributed hopping zeros generate the complete seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape, encompassing extended, critical, and localized phases together with all coexistence sectors, including the triply coexisting extended-critical-localized phase, resolved through their distinct spatiotemporal dynamics of ballistic expansion, confined critical oscillations, and persistent localization.

What carries the argument

Quasiperiodic hopping profiles with inhomogeneously distributed hopping zeros that produce critical states and all coexistence sectors inside the Floquet photonic lattice.

If this is right

  • All seven phases and the transitions connecting them become directly observable in a single lattice through spatiotemporal dynamics.
  • The triply coexisting extended-critical-localized phase can be accessed and studied experimentally.
  • Mobility edges and multifractal properties become accessible within the same controlled platform.
  • Coherent transport can be programmed by tuning across the identified phases.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same hopping-engineering approach could be adapted to map the seven-phase landscape in cold-atom or acoustic systems.
  • Tuning parameters to sit inside the triple-coexistence region may enable hybrid transport control that switches between spreading, oscillation, and localization on demand.
  • Adding weak interactions or extra disorder could be used to test whether the seven-phase structure remains stable or collapses.

Load-bearing premise

The chosen hopping profiles create exactly the predicted critical states and coexistence regions without the Floquet driving or lattice imperfections changing the phase identification.

What would settle it

If time-resolved imaging reveals fewer than seven distinct transport regimes or cannot isolate a spatial region showing simultaneous extended, critical, and localized behavior, the claim of realizing the complete landscape would be falsified.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.14825 by Chao Yang, Jingyun Fan, Yao Qin, Yucheng Wang, Yuzhe Zhang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Complete seven-phase Anderson￾localization landscape. a, Schematic of the effective Flo￾quet Hamiltonian, which consists of vertical bonds (onsite spin-flip couplings θn), diagonal bonds (translation-assisted couplings θ + n and θ − n ), and a staggered spin-dependent onsite potential. b, Phase diagram in the control-parameter space (λ+, λ−) obtained from finite-size scaling of the fractal dimen￾sion D. It… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Experimental implementation of the Flo￾quet lattice in a recirculating optical-loop architec￾ture. A 6-ns laser pulse (1560 nm) circulates in a fiber loop to emulate the Floquet operator FOBC = U4U3U2U1. One Floquet cycle is implemented over two successive round trips (see Appendix): the first implements U1 and U2 and the sec￾ond implements U3 and U4. The onsite spin rotation O(θn) is implemented by a half… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Experimental realization of the complete seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape. The initial state is |ψ(0)⟩ = (2|n0, ↑⟩ + |n0 + 1, ↑⟩ + 2i|n0 + 1, ↓⟩)/3 with n0 = 33 and the evolution is monitored for T = 60 Floquet cycles. Upper panels: a–c, Measured spatiotemporal distributions and corresponding numerical simulations for the three fundamental transport regimes: (a) extended (E), (b) critical (C), a… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Phase transitions across the seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape. Left panels a–c, measured and simulated spatiotemporal dynamics obtained by varying λ+ at fixed λ− along the trajectories indicated in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Schematic illustration of the four-step Floquet [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Finite-size scaling analysis of the fractal dimension for the seven representative phases. From left to right, the panels [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
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Anderson localization has evolved far beyond the conventional dichotomy between extended and localized states. Modern localization theory predicts a complete transport hierarchy comprising extended, critical, and localized phases together with all coexistence phases among them, forming a seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape. Despite its fundamental importance, this hierarchy has never been experimentally realized within a single system. Here we realize the complete seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape in a one-dimensional Floquet photonic lattice. By engineering quasiperiodic hopping profiles containing inhomogeneously distributed hopping zeros, we generate critical states and enable their coexistence with extended and localized sectors. The resulting transport regimes are directly resolved through their distinct spatiotemporal dynamics, including ballistic expansion, confined critical oscillations, and persistent localization. We observe all seven phases, including the elusive triply coexisting extended-critical-localized phase, and experimentally track the phase transitions connecting them. Our results establish the first complete experimental map of the Anderson-localization landscape and provide a unified platform for investigating mobility edges, multifractality, and programmable coherent transport.

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Summary. The manuscript claims to experimentally realize the complete seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape (extended, critical, localized, and all pairwise and triple coexistence sectors) in a one-dimensional Floquet photonic lattice. This is achieved by engineering quasiperiodic hopping profiles containing inhomogeneously distributed hopping zeros to produce critical states and their coexistence sectors. All seven phases, including the triply coexisting extended-critical-localized phase, are identified and phase transitions are tracked via distinct spatiotemporal light-propagation dynamics (ballistic expansion, confined critical oscillations, and persistent localization).

Significance. If the phase mapping holds, the result would be significant as the first complete experimental realization of the full theoretical hierarchy in a single controllable system. The photonic-lattice platform provides direct visualization of dynamics, which is a clear experimental strength, and establishes a unified setup for future studies of mobility edges, multifractality, and programmable coherent transport.

major comments (1)
  1. [Results section on phase identification and dynamics] The central claim that all seven phases (including triple coexistence) have been observed rests on qualitative mapping of spatiotemporal patterns to theoretical regimes. No quantitative diagnostics (e.g., participation-ratio scaling with system size or multifractal spectra) are reported to confirm that the observed confined oscillations correspond to critical states rather than Floquet-renormalized or imperfection-affected dynamics. This identification step is load-bearing for the claim that the engineered hopping profiles generate the predicted landscape exactly as in the static model.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Methods] Clarify in the methods whether the quasiperiodic hopping profiles were verified to contain the exact inhomogeneous zero distribution required by the theoretical model, including any tolerance to fabrication imperfections.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive feedback. We address the major comment on phase identification below, indicating where revisions will strengthen the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: [Results section on phase identification and dynamics] The central claim that all seven phases (including triple coexistence) have been observed rests on qualitative mapping of spatiotemporal patterns to theoretical regimes. No quantitative diagnostics (e.g., participation-ratio scaling with system size or multifractal spectra) are reported to confirm that the observed confined oscillations correspond to critical states rather than Floquet-renormalized or imperfection-affected dynamics. This identification step is load-bearing for the claim that the engineered hopping profiles generate the predicted landscape exactly as in the static model.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the phase assignments rely primarily on the distinct spatiotemporal dynamics (ballistic expansion, confined oscillations, and persistent localization) observed in the photonic lattice. These patterns provide direct, visually resolvable signatures that align with the theoretical seven-phase landscape for the engineered quasiperiodic hopping with distributed zeros. Numerical simulations of the Floquet evolution confirm that the dynamics reproduce the expected static-model phases without dominant renormalization effects, and experimental imperfections are controlled such that the observed distinctions remain robust. While we agree that quantitative diagnostics such as participation-ratio analysis or multifractal spectra would offer further confirmation, system-size constraints in the current setup limit full scaling studies. We will revise the manuscript to include supplementary quantitative measures, such as time-dependent inverse participation ratios extracted from the intensity distributions, to bolster the identification of critical states. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; experimental observations are independent of fitted inputs or self-referential definitions.

full rationale

The paper is an experimental report on realizing the seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape via engineered quasiperiodic hopping in a Floquet photonic lattice. Claims rest on direct spatiotemporal measurements (ballistic expansion, confined oscillations, persistent localization) that map to phase identification without any derivation reducing predictions to parameters fitted from the same dataset or to self-citations by construction. The abstract and description reference prior theoretical predictions as external input, with experimental verification treated as independent. No load-bearing steps match the enumerated circularity patterns; the work is self-contained against external benchmarks of observed dynamics.

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Abstract-only information yields no explicit free parameters or invented entities; the work rests on the domain assumption that the theoretical seven-phase landscape is accurate and that the chosen hopping engineering faithfully reproduces it.

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  • domain assumption Modern localization theory correctly predicts a complete seven-phase Anderson-localization landscape with all coexistence phases.
    The experimental target is defined by this theoretical prediction; the abstract invokes it as established.

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