Title	Topological frequency conversion in strongly driven quantum systems
Creator	Refael, Gil
Publisher	Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Date Issued	2017-09-14T09:42
Description	When a small quantum system is subject to multiple periodic drives, it may realize multidimensional topological phases. In my talk, I will explain how to make such constructions, and show how a spin-1/2 particle driven by two elliptically-polarized light beams could realize the Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang model of 2 topological insulators. The observable consequence of such construction is quantized pumping of energy between the two drive sources.
Extent	41 minutes
Subject	Mathematics; Partial differential equations; General topology
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	eng
Notes	Author affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Series	BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (Banff, Alta)
Date Available	2018-04-09
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0365251
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/65179
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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