Spielman, I.
, Lu, M.
, Fritsch, A.
, Reid, G.
and Pineiro Escalera, A.
(2022),
Floquet engineering topological Dirac bands, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933761
(Accessed April 20, 2024)
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Floquet engineering topological Dirac bands
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We experimentally realized a time-periodically modulated 1D lattice for ultracold atoms featuring a pair of linear bands, each associated with a Floquet winding number: a topological invariant. These bands are spin-momentum locked and almost perfectly linear everywhere in the Brillouin zone (BZ), making this system a near-ideal realization of the 1D Dirac Hamiltonian. We characterized the Floquet winding number using a form of quantum state tomography, covering the BZ and following the micromotion through one Floquet period. Lastly, we altered the modulation timing to lift the topological protection, opening a gap at the Dirac point that grew in proportion to the deviation from the topological configuration.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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Bose Einstein Condensate, Floquet, Dirac
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Created July 22, 2022, Updated November 29, 2022