Fractional Time Crystals

Abstract

Time crystals are quantum systems which are able to reveal condensed matter behavior in the time domain. It is known that crystalization in time can be observed in a periodically driven many-body system when interactions between particles force a system to evolve with a period which is an integer multiple of a driving period. This phenomenon is dubbed discrete time crystal formation. Here, we consider ultra-cold atoms bouncing on an oscillating atom mirror and show that the system can spontaneously form a discrete time crystal where the ratio of a period of its motion and a driving period is a rational number. This kind of discrete time crystals requires higher order resonant driving which is analyzed here with the help of an original approach.

arXiv commentversion accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A

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