Topological anomalous Floquet photon pump

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Authors: Manshuo Lin, Saeed Rahmanian Koshkaki, Mohsen Yarmohammadi, Michael Kolodrubetz
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Abstract

There is a close theoretical connection between topological Floquet physics and cavity QED, yet this connection has not been realized experimentally due to complicated cavity QED models that often arise. We propose a simple, experimentally viable protocol to realize non-adiabatic topological photon pumping mediated by a single qubit, which we dub the anomalous Floquet photon pump. For both quantized photons and external drive, the system exhibits a non-trivial topological phase across a broad range of parameter space. Transitions out of the topological phase result from frequency-space delocalization. Finally, we argue that the protocol can be implemented in existing experiments via driven qubit non-linearities, with topological pumping witnessed in measurements of the cavity Wigner distribution functions.

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Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Quantum Information and Cryptography Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
113
Issue
24
Publication date
24 April 2026
Language
EN