Time-periodic forcing in the form of coherent radiation is a standard tool for the coherent
manipulation of small quantum systems like single atoms. In the last years, periodic driving …

The orbital degree of freedom plays a fundamental role in understanding the unconventional
properties in solid state materials. Experimental progress in quantum atomic gases has …

Discontinuous (first-order) quantum phase transitions and the associated metastability play
central roles in diverse areas of physics, ranging from ferromagnetism to the false-vacuum …

We address the question of whether the super-Heisenberg scaling for quantum estimation is
indeed realizable. We unify the results of two approaches. In the first one, the original system …

We report on the observation of multiphoton interband absorption processes for quantum
gases in shaken light crystals. Periodic inertial forcing, induced by a spatial motion of the …

Recent experiments on spontaneous emission of atomic matter waves [Krinner, Nature
(London) 559, 589 (2018) 0028-0836 10.1038/s41586-018-0348-z; Stewart, Phys. Rev …

The combination of driving and dissipation guides a quantum system into a nonequilibrium
steady state (NESS). It is an intriguing question, in how far this principle can be exploited for …

We propose a method to create higher orbital states of ultracold atoms in the Mott regime of
an optical lattice. This is done by periodically modulating the position of the trap minima …

The out-of-equilibrium dynamics of finite ultracold bosonic ensembles in periodically driven
one-dimensional optical lattices is investigated. Our study reveals that the driving enforces …

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