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Bloch oscillation in a Floquet engineering quadratic potential system

Quantum Physics 2025-12-15 v1

Abstract

We investigate the quantum dynamics of a one-dimensional tight-binding lattice driven by a spatially quadratic and time-periodic potential. Both Hermitian (J1=J2J_1 = J_2) and non-Hermitian (J1J2J_1 \neq J_2) hopping regimes are analyzed. Within the framework of Floquet theory, the time-dependent Hamiltonian is mapped onto an effective static Floquet Hamiltonian, enabling a detailed study of the quasi-energy spectrum and eigenstate localization as function of the driving frequency ω\omega. We identify critical frequencies ωc\omega_c at which nearly equidistant quasi-energy ladders emerge, characterized by a pronounced minimum in the normalized variance of level spacings. This spectral regularity, which coincides with a peak in the mean inverse participation ratio (\textrm{MIPR}), leads to robust periodic revivals and Bloch-like oscillations in the time evolution. Numerical simulations confirm that such coherent oscillations persist even in the non-Hermitian regime, where the periodic driving stabilizes an almost real and uniformly spaced quasi-energy ladder.

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@article{arxiv.2512.11675,
  title  = {Bloch oscillation in a Floquet engineering quadratic potential system},
  author = {J. Cao and H. Shen and R. Wang and X. Z. Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.11675},
  year   = {2025}
}
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