The Quantica.jl package provides an expressive API to build arbitrary quantum systems on a discrete lattice, and a collection of algorithms to compute some of their properties.
Quantica.jl requires Julia v1.9 or later.
Some of this functionality, particularly visualization, requires loading some plot backend from the Makie repository, such as GLMakie (GPU-accelerated interactive visualization), CairoMakie (for pdf/svg output) or WGLMakie (Web-GL backend for use inside browsers)
A step-by-step construction and visualization of a Kane-Mele model (parametrized by spin orbit strength α)and of its bandstructure, encoding the pseudospin orientation in the color of the subbands.
julia> using Quantica, GLMakie
julia> SOC(dr) = ifelse(iseven(round(Int, atan(dr[2], dr[1])/(pi/3))), im, -im); # Kane-Mele spin-orbit coupling
julia> model = hopping(1, range = 1/√3) + @hopping((r, dr; α = 0) -> α * SOC(dr); sublats = :A => :A, range = 1) - @hopping((r, dr; α = 0) -> α * SOC(dr); sublats = :B => :B, range = 1);
julia> h = LatticePresets.honeycomb(a0 = 1) |> hamiltonian(model)
ParametricHamiltonian{Float64,2,2}: Parametric Hamiltonian on a 2D Lattice in 2D space
Bloch harmonics : 7
Harmonic size : 2 × 2
Orbitals : [1, 1]
Element type : scalar (ComplexF64)
Onsites : 0
Hoppings : 18
Coordination : 9.0
Parameters : [:α]
julia> qplot(h(α = 0.02))
julia> b = bands(h(α = 0.05), range(0, 2pi, length=60), range(0, 2pi, length = 60))
Bandstructure{Float64,3,2}: 3D Bandstructure over a 2-dimensional parameter space of type Float64
Subbands : 2
Vertices : 7200
Edges : 21122
Simplices : 13924
julia> qplot(b, color = (psi, e, k) -> angle(psi[1] / psi[2]), colormap = :cyclic_mrybm_35_75_c68_n256, hide = :wireframe)
If you find Quantica.jl useful for your work, please cite it using the following BibTeX entry
@software{Quantica,
author = {Pablo San-Jose},
title = {pablosanjose/Quantica.jl},
month = apr,
year = 2024,
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.11068257},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11068257}
}
or using the Citation tool at Quantica's Zenodo