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Zamani S, Naji J, Jafari R, Langari A. Scaling and universality at ramped quench dynamical quantum phase transitions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:355401. [PMID: 38768603 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad4df9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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The nonequilibrium dynamics of a periodically driven extended XY model, in the presence of linear time dependent magnetic field, is investigated using the notion of dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs). Along the similar lines to the equilibrium phase transition, the main purpose of this work is to search fundamental concepts such as scaling and universality at the ramped quench DQPTs. We have shown that the critical points of the model, where the gap closing occurs, can be moved by tuning the driven frequency and consequently the presence of or absence of DQPTs can be flexibly controlled by adjusting the driven frequency. We have uncovered that, for a ramp across the single quantum critical point, the critical mode at which DQPTs occur is classified into three regions: the Kibble-Zurek (KZ) region, where the critical mode scales linearly with the square root of the sweep velocity, the pre-saturated (PS) region, and the saturated (S) region where the critical mode makes a plateau versus the sweep velocity. While for a ramp that crosses two critical points, the critical modes disclose just the KZ and PS regions. On the basis of numerical simulations, we find that the dynamical free energy scales linearly with time, as approaches to DQPT time, with the exponentν=1±0.01for all sweep velocities and driven frequencies.
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- Sara Zamani
- Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
- School of Nano Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 19395-5531 Tehran, Iran
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, 11155-9161 Tehran, Iran
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Khastehdel Fumani F, Mahdavifar S, Afrousheh K. Entangled unique coherent line in the ground-state phase diagram of the spin-1/2 XX chain model with three-spin interaction. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:044142. [PMID: 38755842 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.044142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Entangled spin coherent states are a type of quantum states that involve two or more spin systems that are correlated in a nonclassical way. These states can improve metrology and information processing, as they can surpass the standard quantum limit, which is the ultimate bound for precision measurements using coherent states. However, finding entangled coherent states in physical systems is challenging because they require precise control and manipulation of the interactions between the modes. In this work we show that entangled unique coherent states can be found in the ground state of the spin-1/2 XX chain model with three-spin interaction, which is an exactly solvable model in quantum magnetism. We use the spin squeezing parameter, the l_{1}-norm of coherence, and the entanglement entropy as tools to detect and characterize these unique coherent states. We find that these unique coherent states exist in a gapless spin liquid phase, where they form a line that separates two regions with different degrees of squeezing. We call this line the entangled unique coherent line, as it corresponds to the almost maximum entanglement between two halves of the system. We also study the critical scaling of the spin squeezing parameter and the entanglement entropy versus the system size.
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- F Khastehdel Fumani
- Department of Basic Sciences, Langarud Branch, Islamic Azad University, 4471311127 Langarud, Iran
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- Department of Physics, University of Guilan, 41335-1914 Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, 13060 Safat, Kuwait
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Cao K, Guo H, Yang G. Aperiodic dynamical quantum phase transition in multi-band Bloch Hamiltonian and its origin. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:155401. [PMID: 38171023 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad1a5a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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We investigate the dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) in the multi-band Bloch Hamiltonian of the one-dimensional periodic Kitaev model, focusing on quenches from a Bloch band. By analyzing the dynamical free energy and Pancharatnam geometric phase (PGP), we show that the critical times of DQPTs deviate from periodic spacing due to the multi-band effect, contrasting with results from two-band models. We propose a geometric interpretation to explain this non-uniform spacing. Additionally, we clarify the conditions needed for DQPT occurrence in the multi-band Bloch Hamiltonian, highlighting that a DQPT only arises when the quench from the Bloch states collapses the band gap at the critical point. Moreover, we establish that the dynamical topological order parameter, defined by the winding number of the PGP, is not quantized but still exhibits discontinuous jumps at DQPT critical times due to periodic modulation. Additionally, we extend our analysis to mixed-state DQPT and find its absence at non-zero temperatures.
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- Kaiyuan Cao
- Research Center for Intelligent Supercomputing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, Southeast University, Jiulonghu Campus, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Supercomputing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, People's Republic of China
- Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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Li X, Ma Y, Wang D, Wang Y, Zhao S. Reconstructing the dynamical quantum phase transitions via dimensional expansion in a generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:014124. [PMID: 35974531 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.014124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We know that a one-dimensional (1D) modulated system can simulate 2D topological states by expanding the dimension. This scenario provides a justifiable avenue to test the dilatation of the dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT). Through a generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, we have shown how the Loschmidt echo, Fisher zero, and Dynamical topological order parameter (DTOP) transit from one to two dimensions. Owing to the introduced pseudomomentum, the derivative of the return rate does not always capture the DQPT well, but the Fisher zero and the DTOP can be treated as faithful indicators. A topology-independent parameter will also affect the occurrence of the DQPTs for quenches inside a given phase. Moreover, a comparison with the Haldane model owning the same phase diagram implies that a pair of fixed points will lead to different critical momentum distributions, thus different robustness, further reminding us that the correspondences between the equilibrium and dynamical phases transitions are multifarious.
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- Xin Li
- Data Science Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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Dolgitzer D, Zeng D, Chen Y. Dynamical quantum phase transitions in the spin-boson model. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:23988-23996. [PMID: 34614652 DOI: 10.1364/oe.434183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We study dynamical quantum phase transitions in a 2-qubit system interacting with a transverse field and a quantized bosonic environment in the context of open quantum systems. By applying the stochastic Schrödinger equation approach, the model with a spin-boson type of coupling can be solved numerically. It is observed that the dynamics of the rate function of the Loschmidt echo in a 2-qubit system within a finite size of Hilbert space exhibit nonanalyticity when the direction of the transverse field coupled to the system is under a sudden quench. Moreover, we demonstrate that the memory time of the environment and the coupling strength between the system and the transverse field can jointly impact the dynamics of the rate function. We also supply a semi-classical explanation to bridge the dynamical quantum phase transitions in many-body systems and the non-Markovian dynamics of open quantum systems.
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Bandyopadhyay S, Polkovnikov A, Dutta A. Observing Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions through Quasilocal String Operators. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:200602. [PMID: 34110220 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.200602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We analyze signatures of the dynamical quantum phase transitions in physical observables. In particular, we show that both the expectation value and various out of time order correlation functions of the finite length product or string operators develop cusp singularities following quench protocols, which become sharper and sharper as the string length increases. We illustrated our ideas analyzing both integrable and nonintegrable one-dimensional Ising models showing that these transitions are robust both to the details of the model and to the choice of the initial state.
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- Souvik Bandyopadhyay
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Porta S, Cavaliere F, Sassetti M, Traverso Ziani N. Topological classification of dynamical quantum phase transitions in the xy chain. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12766. [PMID: 32728056 PMCID: PMC7391734 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69621-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Understanding the properties of far-from-equilibrium quantum systems is becoming a major challenge of both fundamental and applied physics. For instance, the lack of thermalization in integrable and (many body) localized systems provides new insights in the understanding of the relaxation dynamics of quantum phases. On a more applicative side, the possibility of exploiting the properties of far-from-equilibrium states, for example in pump-probe experiments, opens unprecedented scenarios. The effort in providing a classification of far-from-equilibrium phases, in terms of local or topological order parameters, is hence intense. In this context, the concept of Dynamical Quantum Phase Transition (DQPT) has been introduced. A DQPT is (roughly) defined as a zero of the Loschmidt-Echo as a function of time and represents a natural non-equilibrium counterpart of a thermal phase transition. Here, we investigate the DQPTs occurring in the quantum xy chain subject to a quantum quench of finite duration. We show that the number of distinct DQPTs can vary as the duration of the quantum quench is varied. However, the parity of such number only depends on the pre-quench and post-quench Hamiltonians and is related to a topological invariant.
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- Sergio Porta
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, 16146, Genova, Italy.,SPIN-CNR, 16146, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, 16146, Genova, Italy.,SPIN-CNR, 16146, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, 16146, Genova, Italy.,SPIN-CNR, 16146, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, 16146, Genova, Italy. .,SPIN-CNR, 16146, Genova, Italy.
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Dynamical Quantum Phase Transition and Quasi Particle Excitation. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2871. [PMID: 30814602 PMCID: PMC6393518 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39595-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) are signaled by the non-analytical time evolution of the dynamical free energy after quenching some global parameters in quantum systems. The dynamical free energy is calculated from the overlap between the initial and the time evolved states (Loschmidt amplitude). In a recent study it was suggested that DPTs are related to the equilibrium phase transitions (EPTs) (Heyl, M. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 135704 (2013)). We here study an exactly solvable model, the extended XY model, the Loschmidt amplitude of which provides a counterexample. We show analytically that the connection between the DPTs and the EPTs does not hold generally. Analysing also the general compass model as a second example, assists us to propound the physical condition under which the DPT occurs without crossing the equilibrium critical point, and also no DPT by crossing the equilibrium critical point.
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Bandyopadhyay S, Laha S, Bhattacharya U, Dutta A. Exploring the possibilities of dynamical quantum phase transitions in the presence of a Markovian bath. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11921. [PMID: 30093653 PMCID: PMC6085341 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30377-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We explore the possibility of dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) occurring during the temporal evolution of a quenched transverse field Ising chain coupled to a particle loss type of bath (local in Jordan-Wigner fermion space) using two versions of the Loschmidt overlap (LO), namely, the fidelity induced LO and the interferometric phase induced LO. The bath, on the one hand, dictates the dissipative evolution following a sudden quench and on the other, plays a role in dissipative mixed state preparation in the later part of the study. During a dissipative evolution following a sudden quench, no trace of DQPTs are revealed in both the fidelity and the interferometric phase approaches; however, remarkably the interferometric phase approach reveals the possibility of inter-steady state DQPTs in passage from one steady state to the other when the system is subjected to a quench after having reached the first steady state. We further probe the occurrences of DQPTs when the system evolves unitarily after being prepared in a mixed state of engineered purity by ramping the transverse field in a linear fashion in the presence of the bath. In this case though the fidelity approach fails to indicate any DQPT, the interferometric approach indeed unravels the possibility of occurrence of DQPTs which persists even up to a considerable loss of purity of the engineered initial state as long as a constraint relation involving the dissipative coupling and ramping time (rate) is satisfied. This constraint relation also marks the boundary between two dynamically inequivalent phases; in one the LO vanishes for the critical momentum mode (and hence DQPTs exist) while in the other no such critical mode can exist and hence the LO never vanishes.
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India
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Heyl M. Dynamical quantum phase transitions: a review. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2018; 81:054001. [PMID: 29446351 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aaaf9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Quantum theory provides an extensive framework for the description of the equilibrium properties of quantum matter. Yet experiments in quantum simulators have now opened up a route towards the generation of quantum states beyond this equilibrium paradigm. While these states promise to show properties not constrained by equilibrium principles, such as the equal a priori probability of the microcanonical ensemble, identifying the general properties of nonequilibrium quantum dynamics remains a major challenge, especially in view of the lack of conventional concepts such as free energies. The theory of dynamical quantum phase transitions attempts to identify such general principles by lifting the concept of phase transitions to coherent quantum real-time evolution. This review provides a pedagogical introduction to this field. Starting from the general setting of nonequilibrium dynamics in closed quantum many-body systems, we give the definition of dynamical quantum phase transitions as phase transitions in time with physical quantities becoming nonanalytic at critical times. We summarize the achieved theoretical advances as well as the first experimental observations, and furthermore provide an outlook to major open questions as well as future directions of research.
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- Markus Heyl
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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Huang Z, Balatsky AV. Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions: Role of Topological Nodes in Wave Function Overlaps. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:086802. [PMID: 27588874 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.086802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A sudden quantum quench of a Bloch band from one topological phase toward another has been shown to exhibit an intimate connection with the notion of a dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT), where the returning probability of the quenched state to the initial state-i.e., the Loschmidt echo-vanishes at critical times {t^{*}}. Analytical results to date are limited to two-band models, leaving the exact relation between topology and DQPT unclear. In this Letter, we show that, for a general multiband system, a robust DQPT relies on the existence of nodes (i.e., zeros) in the wave function overlap between the initial band and the postquench energy eigenstates. These nodes are topologically protected if the two participating wave functions have distinctive topological indices. We demonstrate these ideas in detail for both one and two spatial dimensions using a three-band generalized Hofstadter model. We also discuss possible experimental observations.
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- Zhoushen Huang
- Institute for Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Institute for Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- NORDITA, Roslagstullsbacken 23, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Nag T. Excess energy and decoherence factor of a qubit coupled to a one-dimensional periodically driven spin chain. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:062119. [PMID: 27415220 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.062119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We take a central spin model (CSM), consisting of a one-dimensional environmental Ising spin chain and a single qubit connected globally to all the spins of the environment, to study the excess energy (EE) of the environment and the logarithm of decoherence factor namely, generalized fidelity susceptibility per site (GFSS), associated with the qubit under a periodic driving of the transverse field term of environment across its critical point using the Floquet theory. The coupling to the qubit, prepared in a pure state, with the transverse field of the spin chain yields two sets of EE corresponding to the two species of Floquet operators. In the limit of weak coupling, we derive an approximated expression of GFSS after an infinite number of driving period which can successfully estimate the low- and intermediate-frequency behavior of GFSS obtained numerically with a large number of time periods. Our main focus is to analytically investigate the effect of system-environment coupling strength on the EEs and GFSS and relate the behavior of GFSS to EEs as a function of frequency by plausible analytical arguments. We explicitly show that the low-frequency beatinglike pattern of GFSS is an outcome of two frequencies, causing the oscillations in the two branches of EEs, that are dependent on the coupling strength. In the intermediate frequency regime, dip structure observed in GFSS can be justified by the resonance peaks of EEs at those coupling parameter-dependent frequencies; high-frequency saturation behavior of EEs and GFSS are controlled by the same static Hamiltonian and the associated saturation values are related to the coupling strength.
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- Tanay Nag
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016, India
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