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arXiv:1203.2792 · Physical Review A

Floquet analysis of the modulated two-mode Bose-Hubbard model

Gentaro Watanabe A, H. Mäkelä

Published May 17, 2012• 21 citations
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Abstract

We study the tunneling dynamics in a time-periodically modulated two-mode Bose-Hubbard model using Floquet theory. We consider situations where the system is in the self-trapping regime and either the tunneling amplitude, the interaction strength, or the energy difference between the modes is modulated. In the former two cases, the tunneling is enhanced in a wide range of modulation frequencies, while in the latter case the resonance is narrow. We explain this difference with the help of Floquet analysis. If the modulation amplitude is weak, the locations of the resonances can be found using the spectrum of the nonmodulated Hamiltonian. Furthermore, we use Floquet analysis to explain the coherent destruction of tunneling (CDT) occurring in a large-amplitude modulated system. Finally, we present two ways to create a NOON state (a superposition of $N$ particles in mode 1 with zero particles in mode 2 and vice versa). One is based on a coherent oscillation caused by detuning from a partial CDT. The other makes use of an adiabatic variation of the modulation frequency. This results in a Landau-Zener type of transition between the ground state and a NOON-like state.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.85.053624

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In the two-mode approximation Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in a double-well potential can be described by a many particle Hamiltonian of Bose-Hubbard type. We focus on such a BEC whose interatomic interaction strength is modulated periodically with delta\\deltadelta-kicks. This System in fact represents a model of a kicked top. The mean-field dynamics provide a rich mixed phase space with regular and chaotic regions. By increasing the kick-strength a bifurcation leads to the appearance of self-trapping states localized in regular islands. This self-trapping is also found for the many particle system, however in general suppressed by tunneling oscillations. We show that the tunneling time can be calculated from the quasi-energy splitting of the corresponding Floquet states. By varying the kick-strength these quasi-energy levels undergo both avoided and even real crossings. Therefore stimulation or actually complete destruction of tunneling is observed for this many particle system.
Within the mean-field three-site Bose—Hubbard model, the tunneling dynamics of dipolar bosonic gas with a periodically modulation of s-wave scattering is investigated. The system experiences complex and rich coherent tunneling (CT)-coherent destruction of tunneling (CDT) transitions resulting from the correlated effect among the next-neighbor dipole-dipole interaction, the on-site interaction and the modulated s-wave scattering. In particular, The region of the modulated s-wave scattering for generating CT (CDT) is the widest (narrowest) when the on-site interaction and the next-neighbor dipole-dipole interaction have some correlated values, which are closely related to the tunneling energy and the interaction energy of the system. The correlated values for appearing CDT can be theoretically gained from the tunneling energy and the interaction energy of the system.
In a two-mode approximation, Bose–Einstein condensates (BEC) in a double-well potential can be described by a many particle Hamiltonian of Bose–Hubbard type. We focus on such a BEC whose interatomic interaction strength is modulated periodically by δ-kicks which represents a realization of a kicked top. In the (classical) mean-field approximation it provides a rich mixed phase space dynamics with regular and chaotic regions. By increasing the kick-strength a bifurcation leads to the appearance of self-trapping states localized on regular islands. This self-trapping is also found for the many particle system, however, in general suppressed by coherent many particle tunneling oscillations. The tunneling time can be calculated from the quasi-energy splitting of the corresponding Floquet states. By varying the kick-strength these quasi-energy levels undergo both avoided and even actual crossings. Therefore, stimulation or complete destruction of tunneling can be observed for this many particle system.
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This paper investigates the manipulation of coherent quantum tunneling by controlling second-order coupling in zigzag-shaped lattice arrays with only one site periodically driven against the others. Different from normal coherent destruction of tunneling (CDT), we propose a surprisingly large and nontrivial effect of second-order coupling on broadened CDT essentially attributed to avoided level crossings and localized Floquet states. Moreover, our results at high-frequency approximation supported by exact numerical ones demonstrate that the extent to which the normal CDT is broadened depends on the separation of quasienergy levels in the vicinity of zeros of ${J}_{0}(A/\ensuremath{\omega})$. Remarkably, beyond the intensity of second-order coupling, the lattice size and its parity also significantly influence Floquet dynamics by either facilitating or suppressing tunneling probabilities, which in essence are also determined by noncrossing quasienergies and localized Floquet states. These findings substantially extend the theory of normal CDT, unveil the intrinsic physics behind broadened CDT, and open up an exciting possibility for quantum state control.