Integer and Fractional Floquet Resonances in a Driven Three-Well System

We investigate Floquet dynamics of a particle held in a three-well system driven by a two-frequency field and identify integer and fractional photon resonances due to the dual-frequency driving. It is found that pairs of photon-assisted tunneling near the resonance originate from avoided level cross...

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Main Authors: Liping Li, Bo Wang, Weibin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Photonics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/10/738
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Summary:We investigate Floquet dynamics of a particle held in a three-well system driven by a two-frequency field and identify integer and fractional photon resonances due to the dual-frequency driving. It is found that pairs of photon-assisted tunneling near the resonance originate from avoided level crossings in the Floquet spectra which, in essence, are quantum features of the hybridization between different quantum states. In particular, we establish a close connection between fractional-order resonances and Floquet mode properties under two-frequency driving conditions and illustrate their dependence on driving parameters. These results provide us a possibility to realize coherent control of quantum states with the assistance of classical external driving fields.
ISSN:2304-6732