Non-Hermitian Discrete Time Crystals

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22713v1
• Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 05:39:18 GMT
• Title: Non-Hermitian Discrete Time Crystals
• Authors: Rozhin Yousefjani, Angelo Carollo, Krzysztof Sacha, Saif Al-Kuwari, Abolfazl Bayat,
• Abstract summary: We devise a mechanism for establishing a stable DTC with period-doubling oscillations in an open quantum system. We find a specific class of non-reciprocal couplings in our non-Hermitian dynamics which prevents thermalization through eigenstate ordering.
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• Abstract: Discrete time crystals (DTC) exhibit a special non-equilibrium phase of matter in periodically driven many-body systems with spontaneous breaking of time translational symmetry. The presence of decoherence generally enhances thermalization and destroys the coherence required for the existence of DTC. In this letter, we devise a mechanism for establishing a stable DTC with period-doubling oscillations in an open quantum system that is governed by a properly tailored non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. We find a specific class of non-reciprocal couplings in our non-Hermitian dynamics which prevents thermalization through eigenstate ordering. Such choice of non-Hermitian dynamics, significantly enhances the stability of the DTC against imperfect pulses. Through a comprehensive analysis, we determine the phase diagram of the system in terms of pulse imperfection.

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