Cavity QED with quantum gases: new paradigms in many-body physics

F Mivehvar, F Piazza, T Donner, H Ritsch - Advances in Physics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We review the recent developments and the current status in the field of quantum-gas cavity
QED. Since the first experimental demonstration of atomic self-ordering in a system …

Tailoring quantum gases by Floquet engineering

C Weitenberg, J Simonet - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Floquet engineering is the concept of tailoring a system by a periodic drive, and it is
increasingly employed in many areas of physics. Ultracold atoms in optical lattices offer a …

Topological phase transition in non-Hermitian quasicrystals

S Longhi - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
The discovery of topological phases in non-Hermitian open classical and quantum systems
challenges our current understanding of topological order. Non-Hermitian systems exhibit …

Interplay of non-Hermitian skin effects and Anderson localization in nonreciprocal quasiperiodic lattices

H Jiang, LJ Lang, C Yang, SL Zhu, S Chen - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Non-Hermiticity from nonreciprocal hoppings has been shown recently to demonstrate the
non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) under open boundary conditions (OBCs). Here we study …

Geometry of quantum phase transitions

A Carollo, D Valenti, B Spagnolo - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article we provide a review of geometrical methods employed in the analysis of
quantum phase transitions and non-equilibrium dissipative phase transitions. After a …

One decade of quantum optimal control in the chopped random basis

MM Müller, RS Said, F Jelezko, T Calarco… - Reports on progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The chopped random basis (CRAB) ansatz for quantum optimal control has been proven to
be a versatile tool to enable quantum technology applications such as quantum computing …

Probing complex-energy topology via non-Hermitian absorption spectroscopy in a trapped ion simulator

MM Cao, K Li, WD Zhao, WX Guo, BX Qi, XY Chang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Non-Hermitian systems generically have complex energies, which may host topological
structures, such as links or knots. While there has been great progress in experimentally …

Quantization and its breakdown in a Hubbard–Thouless pump

AS Walter, Z Zhu, M Gächter, J Minguzzi, S Roschinski… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Geometric properties of wave functions can explain the appearance of topological invariants
in many condensed-matter and quantum systems. For example, topological invariants …

Localization and topological transitions in non-Hermitian quasiperiodic lattices

LZ Tang, GQ Zhang, LF Zhang, DW Zhang - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We investigate the localization and topological transitions in a one-dimensional (interacting)
non-Hermitian quasiperiodic lattice, which is described by a generalized Aubry-André …

Skin superfluid, topological Mott insulators, and asymmetric dynamics in an interacting non-Hermitian Aubry-André-Harper model

DW Zhang, YL Chen, GQ Zhang, LJ Lang, Z Li, SL Zhu - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Non-Hermitian quantum many-body systems are a fascinating subject to be explored. Using
the generalized density matrix renormalization group method and complementary exact …