Realization of an anomalous Floquet topological system with ultracold atoms

K Wintersperger, C Braun, FN Ünal, A Eckardt… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Coherent control via periodic modulation, also known as Floquet engineering, has emerged
as a powerful experimental method for the realization of novel quantum systems with exotic …

Topological Euler class as a dynamical observable in optical lattices

FN Ünal, A Bouhon, RJ Slager - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
The last years have witnessed rapid progress in the topological characterization of out-of-
equilibrium systems. We report on robust signatures of a new type of topology—the Euler …

Real-space detection and manipulation of topological edge modes with ultracold atoms

C Braun, R Saint-Jalm, A Hesse, J Arceri, I Bloch… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
The bulk–boundary correspondence, a fundamental principle relating the topological
invariants of the bulk to the presence of edge states, is modified in periodically driven …

Dynamical singularities of floquet higher-order topological insulators

H Hu, B Huang, E Zhao, WV Liu - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We propose a versatile framework to dynamically generate Floquet higher-order topological
insulators by multistep driving of topologically trivial Hamiltonians. Two analytically solvable …

Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator and multifold bulk-edge correspondence

T Li, H Hu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Topological phases characterized by non-Abelian charges are beyond the scope of the
paradigmatic tenfold way and have gained increasing attention recently. Here we …

Floquet higher-order topological insulators with anomalous dynamical polarization

B Huang, WV Liu - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) have emerged as a new class of phases, whose
robust in-gap “corner” modes arise from the bulk higher-order multipoles beyond the dipoles …

Non-Abelian Floquet braiding and anomalous Dirac string phase in periodically driven systems

RJ Slager, A Bouhon, FN Ünal - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
While a significant fraction of topological materials has been characterized using symmetry
requirements,,–, the past two years have witnessed the rise of novel multi-gap dependent …

Hopf characterization of two-dimensional Floquet topological insulators

FN Ünal, A Eckardt, RJ Slager - Physical Review Research, 2019 - APS
We present a topological characterization of time-periodically driven two-band models in 2+
1 dimensions as Hopf insulators. The intrinsic periodicity of the Floquet system with respect …

Topological invariants for quantum quench dynamics from unitary evolution

H Hu, E Zhao - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Recent experiments began to explore the topological properties of quench dynamics, ie, the
time evolution following a sudden change in the Hamiltonian, via tomography of quantum …