Unsupervised Topological Phase Discovery in Periodically Driven Systems via Floquet-Bloch State

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24822v2
• Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:45:22 GMT
• Title: Unsupervised Topological Phase Discovery in Periodically Driven Systems via Floquet-Bloch State
• Authors: Chen-Yang Wang, Jing-Ping Xu, Ce Wang, Ya-Ping Yang,
• Abstract summary: Floquet engineering offers an unparalleled platform for realizing novel non-equilibrium topological phases.<n>We propose a novel unsupervised machine learning framework that employs a kernel defined in momentum-time ($boldsymbolk,t$) space.<n>This work successfully reveals the intrinsic topological characteristics encoded within the Floquet eigenstates themselves.
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• Abstract: Floquet engineering offers an unparalleled platform for realizing novel non-equilibrium topological phases. However, the unique structure of Floquet systems, which includes multiple quasienergy gaps, poses a significant challenge to classification using conventional analytical methods. We propose a novel unsupervised machine learning framework that employs a kernel defined in momentum-time ($\boldsymbol{k},t$) space, constructed directly from Floquet-Bloch eigenstates. This approach is intrinsically data-driven and requires no prior knowledge of the underlying topological invariants, providing a fundamental advantage over prior methods that rely on abstract concepts like the micromotion operator or homotopic transformations. Crucially, this work successfully reveals the intrinsic topological characteristics encoded within the Floquet eigenstates themselves. We demonstrate that our method robustly and simultaneously identifies the topological invariants associated with both the $0$-gap and the $π$-gap across various symmetry classes (1D AIII, 1D D, and 2D A), establishing a robust methodology for the systematic classification and discovery of complex non-equilibrium topological matter.

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