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Floquet topological quantum phase transitions in the transverse Wen-plaquette model

Quantum Gases 2013-03-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Our aim in this work is to study the nonequilibrium behavior of the topological quantum phase transition in the transverse Wen-plaquette model. We show that under the effect of a nonadiabatic driving the system exhibits a new topological phase and a rich phase diagram. We define generalized topological order parameters by considering cycle-averaged expectation values of string operators in a Floquet state

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@article{arxiv.1302.0781,
  title  = {Floquet topological quantum phase transitions in the transverse Wen-plaquette model},
  author = {V. M. Bastidas and C. Emary and G. Schaller and A. Gómez-León and G. Platero and T. Brandes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0781},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

9 pages, 4 figures. This new version contains corrected typos, and new references. Comments are welcome