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Floquet dynamical quantum phase transition in the extended XY model: Nonadiabatic to adiabatic topological transition

Zamani, S ; Sharif University of Technology | 2020

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144306
  3. Publisher: American Physical Society , 2020
  4. Abstract:
  5. We investigate both pure and mixed states Floquet dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) in the periodically time-dependent extended XY model. We exactly show that the proposed Floquet Hamiltonian of interacting spins can be expressed as a sum of noninteracting quasispins imposed by an effective time dependent magnetic field (Schwinger-Rabi model). The calculated Chern number indicates that there is a topological transition from the nonadiabatic to adiabatic regime. In the adiabatic regime, the quasispins trace the time dependent effective magnetic field and then oscillate between spin up and down states. While in the nonadiabatic regime, the quasispins cannot follow the time dependent effective magnetic field and feel an average magnetic field. We find the range of driving frequency over which the quasispins experience adiabatic cyclic processes. Moreover, we obtain the exact expression of the Loschmidt amplitude and generalized Loschmidt amplitude of the proposed Floquet system. The results represent that both pure and mixed states dynamical phase transition occurs when the system evolves adiabatically. In other words, the minimum required driving frequency for the appearance of Floquet DQPT is equal to the threshold frequency needed for transition from the nonadiabatic to adiabatic regime. © 2020 American Physical Society
  6. Keywords:
  7. Hamiltonians ; Magnetic fields ; Phase transitions ; Topology ; Driving frequencies ; Dynamical phase transition ; Effective time ; Floquet Hamiltonian ; Floquet systems ; Quantum phase transitions ; Threshold frequency ; Topological transitions ; Quantum theory
  8. Source: Physical Review B ; Volume 102, Issue 14 , 2020
  9. URL: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144306