Periodically driven quantum systems: Effective Hamiltonians and engineered gauge fields

Physical Review X

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Goldman, N ^a,b   Dalibard, J ^a,b  

^a Collège de France ^*  (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; MODULATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DRIVING SCHEMES; EFFECTIVE HAMILTONIAN; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; GAUGE STRUCTURE; LONG-TIME DYNAMICS; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TOPOLOGICAL ORDER;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 84907003520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031027     Document Type: Review

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