In physics, a Super Bloch oscillation describes a certain type of motion of a particle in a lattice potential under external periodic driving. The term super refers to the fact that the amplitude in position space of such an oscillation is several orders of magnitude larger than for 'normal' Bloch oscillations.
Bloch oscillations vs. Super Bloch oscillations
Normal Bloch oscillations and Super Bloch oscillations are closely connected. In general, Bloch oscillations are a consequence of the periodic structure of the lattice potential and the existence of a maximum value of the Bloch wave vector
Super Bloch oscillations arise when an additional periodic driving force is added to
The details of the motion depend on the ratio between the driving frequency
A quantum mechanical description of the rescaling can be found in [1]. An experimental realization is demonstrated in [2][3][4]. A theoretical analysis of the properties of Super-Bloch Oscillations, including dependence on the phase of the driving field is found in [5].