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We study a chain of periodically driven Rydberg atoms and identify a class of drive protocols for which the system exhibits emergent prethermal Bethe integrability at special drive frequencies. We provide a perturbative analytic expression…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Saptadip Roy , Arnab Sen , Diptiman Sen , K. Sengupta

We consider a dissipative quantum Ising model periodically driven by a train of $\pi$-pulses and investigate dissipative discrete time crystals (DTCs) in solids. In this model, the interaction between the spins spontaneously breaks the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-06-01 Koki Chinzei , Tatsuhiko N. Ikeda

Discrete time crystals (DTCs) have emerged as novel nonequilibrium phases of matter that spontaneously break discrete time-translation symmetry in periodically driven systems. Rigorous experimental validation of DTCs, which requires highly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-24 Naoya Egawa , Kaoru Mizuta , Joji Nasu

We characterize various dynamical phases of the simplest version of the quantum kicked top model, a paradigmatic system for studying quantum chaos, which exhibits both regular and chaotic behavior depending on the kick strength. In a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Subhashis Das , Vishal Khan , Atanu Rajak

We uncover an infinite family of time-reversal symmetric 3d interacting topological insulators of bosons or spins, in time-periodically driven systems, which we term Floquet topological paramagnets (FTPMs). These FTPM phases exhibit…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-06-07 Andrew C. Potter , Ashvin Vishwanath , Lukasz Fidkowski

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are characterized by nonanalytic behaviors of physical observables as functions of time. When a system is subject to time-periodic modulations, the nonanalytic signatures of its observables could…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-02 Longwen Zhou , Qianqian Du

We investigate the conditions under which periodically driven quantum systems subject to dissipation exhibit a stable subharmonic response. Noting that coupling to a bath introduces not only cooling but also noise, we point out that a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-08 Achilleas Lazarides , Sthitadhi Roy , Francesco Piazza , Roderich Moessner

Symmetries are well known to have had a profound role in our understanding of nature and are a critical design concept for the realization of advanced technologies. In fact, many symmetry-broken states associated with different phases of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-01 A. Sakurai , V. M. Bastidas , W. J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

We present a method for simulating any non-interacting and time-periodic tight-binding Hamiltonian in Fourier space using electric circuits made of inductors and capacitors. We first map the time-periodic Hamiltonian to a Floquet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-06 S. Sajad Dabiri , H. Cheraghchi

We introduce a boundary condition twisted by time translation as a novel probe to characterize dynamical phases in periodically driven (Floquet) quantum systems. Inspired by twisted boundary conditions in equilibrium systems, this approach…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-17 Ryota Nakai , Taozhi Guo , Shinsei Ryu

We study prethermal time quasicrystalline (TQC) order in a quasiperiodically driven chain of non-interacting spin-1/2 particles. The drive consists of two parts, switched on and off periodically with frequency $\omega_d$: (i) disordered…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-01 Davood Marripour , Jahanfar Abouie

A discrete time crystal (DTC) is a robust phase of driven systems that breaks the discrete time translation symmetry of the driving Hamiltonian. Recent experiments have observed DTC signatures in two distinct systems. Here we show nuclear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-18 Jared Rovny , Robert L. Blum , Sean E. Barrett

The rich dynamics and phase structure of driven systems includes the recently described phenomenon of the "discrete time crystal" (DTC), a robust phase which spontaneously breaks the discrete time translation symmetry of its driving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-18 Jared Rovny , Robert L. Blum , Sean E. Barrett

"Floquet engineering" - designing band structures "on-demand" through the application of coherent time-periodic drives - has recently emerged as a powerful tool for creating new topological and anomalous phases of matter. In this…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-16 Iliya Esin , Gaurav Kumar Gupta , Erez Berg , Mark S. Rudner , Netanel H. Lindner

We pinpoint the conditions necessary for discrete time crystal (DTC) formation in fully connected spin-cavity systems from the perspective of parametric resonance by mapping these systems onto oscillator like models. We elucidate the role…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Roy D. Jara , Dennis F. Salinel , Jayson G. Cosme

Time crystals are periodic states exhibiting spontaneous symmetry breaking in either time-independent or periodically forced quantum many-body systems. Spontaneous modification of discrete time translation symmetry in a periodically driven…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-01 Hossein Taheri , Andrey B. Matsko , Lute Maleki , Krzysztof Sacha

We investigate an unconventional symmetry in time-periodically driven systems, the Floquet dynamical symmetry (FDS). Unlike the usual symmetries, the FDS gives symmetry sectors that are equidistant in the Floquet spectrum and protects…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-08-10 Koki Chinzei , Tatsuhiko N. Ikeda

Discrete time crystals are periodically driven systems characterized by a response with periodicity $nT$, with $T$ the period of the drive and $n>1$. Typically, $n$ is an integer and bounded from above by the dimension of the local (or…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-04-27 Andrea Pizzi , Johannes Knolle , Andreas Nunnenkamp

Discrete time crystals are non-equilibrium phases of matter in periodically driven systems, characterized by robust subharmonic oscillations and broken discrete time-translation symmetry. Their long-lived coherent dynamics and resilience to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 Rozhin Yousefjani , Shaikha Al-Naimi , Saif Al-Kuwari , Abolfazl Bayat

We find classes of driven conformal field theories (CFT) in d + 1 dimensions with d > 1, whose quench and Floquet dynamics can be computed exactly. The setup is suitable for studying periodic drives, consisting of square pulse protocols for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-23 Diptarka Das , Sumit R. Das , Arnab Kundu , Krishnendu Sengupta