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Cyclicity of interaction frame transformations

Quantum Physics 2026-01-13 v1

Abstract

We identify a cyclic property of rotation sequences involving piecewise displacements β\beta about arbitrary axes in three dimensions. Specifically, when transformation to the toggling frame is applied successively mm times, for β=2π/m\beta=2\pi/m the original sequence returns. This main result unites several families of rotation sequences used for error-tuned control across quantum technologies, from NMR and MRI to atomic clocks and atom-scale computing. For the widest class of cycle, m=2m=2, we highlight sequence duality where every narrowband π\pi-element sequence has a broadband π\pi-element counterpart, and vice-versa. Higher cycles (m>2m>2) connect to polyhedral models for error-tolerant sequence design, characterized by vertex axes with mm-fold rotational symmetry. We derive original sequences and outline their applications to spin control and spin decoupling.

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@article{arxiv.2506.20594,
  title  = {Cyclicity of interaction frame transformations},
  author = {Michael C D Tayler and Mohamed Sabba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20594},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures

R2 v1 2026-07-01T03:33:19.199Z