Colloquium: Atomic quantum gases in periodically driven optical lattices
A Eckardt - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Time-periodic forcing in the form of coherent radiation is a standard tool for the coherent
manipulation of small quantum systems like single atoms. In the last years, periodic driving …
manipulation of small quantum systems like single atoms. In the last years, periodic driving …
Tailoring quantum gases by Floquet engineering
Floquet engineering is the concept of tailoring a system by a periodic drive, and it is
increasingly employed in many areas of physics. Ultracold atoms in optical lattices offer a …
increasingly employed in many areas of physics. Ultracold atoms in optical lattices offer a …
Microwave Engineering of Programmable Hamiltonians in Arrays of Rydberg Atoms
We use the resonant dipole-dipole interaction between Rydberg atoms and a periodic
external microwave field to engineer XXZ spin Hamiltonians with tunable anisotropies. The …
external microwave field to engineer XXZ spin Hamiltonians with tunable anisotropies. The …
Topological quantum matter with cold atoms
This is an introductory review of the physics of topological quantum matter with cold atoms.
Topological quantum phases, originally discovered and investigated in condensed matter …
Topological quantum phases, originally discovered and investigated in condensed matter …
Realization of density-dependent Peierls phases to engineer quantized gauge fields coupled to ultracold matter
Gauge fields that appear in models of high-energy and condensed-matter physics are
dynamical quantum degrees of freedom due to their coupling to matter fields. Since the …
dynamical quantum degrees of freedom due to their coupling to matter fields. Since the …
Quantum many-body scars in optical lattices
The concept of quantum many-body scars has recently been put forward as a route to
describe weak ergodicity breaking and violation of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis …
describe weak ergodicity breaking and violation of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis …
Floquet approach to ℤ2 lattice gauge theories with ultracold atoms in optical lattices
Quantum simulation has the potential to investigate gauge theories in strongly interacting
regimes, which are currently inaccessible through conventional numerical techniques. Here …
regimes, which are currently inaccessible through conventional numerical techniques. Here …
Interaction-induced non-Hermitian topological phases from a dynamical gauge field
We present a minimal non-Hermitian model where a topologically nontrivial complex energy
spectrum is induced by interparticle interactions. Our model consists of a one-dimensional …
spectrum is induced by interparticle interactions. Our model consists of a one-dimensional …
Long-range prethermal phases of nonequilibrium matter
We prove the existence of nonequilibrium phases of matter in the prethermal regime of
periodically driven, long-range interacting systems, with power-law exponent α> d, where d …
periodically driven, long-range interacting systems, with power-law exponent α> d, where d …
Long-lived interacting phases of matter protected by multiple time-translation symmetries in quasiperiodically driven systems
We show how a large family of interacting nonequilibrium phases of matter can arise from
the presence of multiple time-translation symmetries, which occur by quasiperiodically …
the presence of multiple time-translation symmetries, which occur by quasiperiodically …