Adiabatic perturbation theory and geometry of periodically-driven systems

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2017-05-12
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Weinberg, Phillip
Bukov, Marin Georgiev
D'Alessio, Luca
Polkovnikov, Anatoli
Vajna, Szabolcs
Kolodrubetz, Michael
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Phillip Weinberg, Marin Bukov, Luca D'Alessio, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Szabolcs Vajna, Michael Kolodrubetz. 2017. "Adiabatic perturbation theory and geometry of periodically-driven systems." PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS, Volume 688, pp. 1 - 35 (35).
Abstract
We give a systematic review of the adiabatic theorem and the leading non-adiabatic corrections in periodically-driven (Floquet) systems. These corrections have a two-fold origin: (i) conventional ones originating from the gradually changing Floquet Hamiltonian and (ii) corrections originating from changing the micro-motion operator. These corrections conspire to give a Hall-type linear response for non-stroboscopic (time-averaged) observables allowing one to measure the Berry curvature and the Chern number related to the Floquet Hamiltonian, thus extending these concepts to periodically-driven many-body systems. The non-zero Floquet Chern number allows one to realize a Thouless energy pump, where one can adiabatically add energy to the system in discrete units of the driving frequency. We discuss the validity of Floquet Adiabatic Perturbation Theory (FAPT) using five different models covering linear and non-linear few and many-particle systems. We argue that in interacting systems, even in the stable high-frequency regimes, FAPT breaks down at ultra slow ramp rates due to avoided crossings of photon resonances, not captured by the inverse-frequency expansion, leading to a counter-intuitive stronger heating at slower ramp rates. Nevertheless, large windows in the ramp rate are shown to exist for which the physics of interacting driven systems is well captured by FAPT.
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