Band structure engineering and non-equilibrium dynamics in Floquet topological insulators

MS Rudner, NH Lindner - Nature reviews physics, 2020 - nature.com
Non-equilibrium topological phenomena can be induced in quantum many-body systems
using time-periodic fields (for example, by laser or microwave illumination). This Review …

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 …

Tailoring quantum gases by Floquet engineering

C Weitenberg, J Simonet - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Thermalization and prethermalization in isolated quantum systems: a theoretical overview

T Mori, TN Ikeda, E Kaminishi… - Journal of Physics B …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The approach to thermal equilibrium, or thermalization, in isolated quantum systems is
among the most fundamental problems in statistical physics. Recent theoretical studies have …

Experimental realization of the topological Haldane model with ultracold fermions

G Jotzu, M Messer, R Desbuquois, M Lebrat… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The Haldane model on a honeycomb lattice is a paradigmatic example of a Hamiltonian
featuring topologically distinct phases of matter. It describes a mechanism through which a …

Universal high-frequency behavior of periodically driven systems: from dynamical stabilization to Floquet engineering

M Bukov, L D'Alessio, A Polkovnikov - Advances in Physics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We give a general overview of the high-frequency regime in periodically driven systems and
identify three distinct classes of driving protocols in which the infinite-frequency Floquet …

High-frequency approximation for periodically driven quantum systems from a Floquet-space perspective

A Eckardt, E Anisimovas - New journal of physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We derive a systematic high-frequency expansion for the effective Hamiltonian and the
micromotion operator of periodically driven quantum systems. Our approach is based on the …

Periodically driven quantum systems: effective Hamiltonians and engineered gauge fields

N Goldman, J Dalibard - Physical review X, 2014 - APS
Driving a quantum system periodically in time can profoundly alter its long-time dynamics
and trigger topological order. Such schemes are particularly promising for generating …

Light-induced gauge fields for ultracold atoms

N Goldman, G Juzeliūnas, P Öhberg… - Reports on Progress in …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Gauge fields are central in our modern understanding of physics at all scales. At the highest
energy scales known, the microscopic universe is governed by particles interacting with …

Experimental reconstruction of the Berry curvature in a Floquet Bloch band

N Fläschner, BS Rem, M Tarnowski, D Vogel… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Topological properties lie at the heart of many fascinating phenomena in solid-state systems
such as quantum Hall systems or Chern insulators. The topology of the bands can be …