English

Floquet exceptional points and chirality in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians

Quantum Physics 2017-12-06 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Floquet exceptional points correspond to the coalescence of two (or more) quasi-energies and corresponding Floquet eigenstates of a time-periodic non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. They generally arise when the oscillation frequency satisfies a multiphoton resonance condition. Here we discuss the interplay between Floquet exceptional points and the chiral dynamics observed, over several oscillation cycles, in a wide class of non-Hermitian systems when they are slowly cycled in opposite directions of parameter space.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1710.04415,
  title  = {Floquet exceptional points and chirality in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians},
  author = {Stefano Longhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.04415},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

20 pages, 5 figures, submitted to J Phys A