Helical Floquet Channels in 1D Lattices

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Contributors

  • Jan Carl Budich - , Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Innsbruck, University of Gothenburg (Author)
  • Ying Hu - , Austrian Academy of Sciences, Shanxi University (Author)
  • Peter Zoller - , Austrian Academy of Sciences (Author)

Abstract

We show how dispersionless channels exhibiting perfect spin-momentum locking can arise in a 1D lattice model. While such spectra are forbidden by fermion doubling in static 1D systems, here we demonstrate their appearance in the stroboscopic dynamics of a periodically driven system. Remarkably, this phenomenon does not rely on any adiabatic assumptions, in contrast to the well known Thouless pump and related models of adiabatic spin pumps. The proposed setup is shown to be experimentally feasible with state-of-the-art techniques used to control ultracold alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number105302
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume118
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 7 Mar 2017
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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PubMed 28339252

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