1. Prethermalization and wave condensation in a nonlinear disordered Floquet system
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Haldar, Prosenjit, Mu, Sen, Georgeot, Bertrand, Gong, Jiangbin, Miniatura, Christian, Lemarié, Gabriel, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (LPT), Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes (IRSAMC), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, MajuLab (UMI 3654), National University of Singapore (NUS)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, INPHYNI, Nice, France, National University of Singapore (NUS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Fédération de recherche « Matière et interactions » (FeRMI), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MajuLab, National University of Singapore (NUS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Nanyang Technological University [Singapour], Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
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Quantum Physics ,Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) ,[PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph] ,Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) ,[NLIN]Nonlinear Sciences [physics] ,Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) ,Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks ,Quantum Physics (quant-ph) ,Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases ,Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics ,Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics - Abstract
Periodically-driven quantum systems make it possible to reach stationary states with new emerging properties. However, this process is notoriously difficult in the presence of interactions because continuous energy exchanges generally boil the system to an infinite temperature featureless state. Here, we describe how to reach nontrivial states in a periodically-kicked Gross-Pitaevskii disordered system. One ingredient is crucial: both disorder and kick strengths should be weak enough to induce sufficiently narrow and well-separated Floquet bands. In this case, inter-band heating processes are strongly suppressed and the system can reach an exponentially long-lived prethermal plateau described by the Rayleigh-Jeans distribution. Saliently, the system can even undergo a wave condensation process when its initial state has a sufficiently low total quasi-energy. These predictions could be tested in nonlinear optical experiments or with ultracold atoms., 8 pages, 4 figures + Supplementary Material
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- 2021