Subharmonic fidelity revival in a driven PXP model

The PXP model hosts a special set of nonergodic states, referred to as quantum many-body scars. One of the consequences of quantum scarring is the periodic revival of the wave function fidelity. It has been reported that quantum fidelity revival occurs in the PXP model for certain product states, and periodic driving of the chemical potential can enhance the magnitude of quantum revival and can even change the frequencies of revival showing the subharmonic response. Although the effect of the periodic driving in the PXP model has been studied in the limit of certain perturbative regimes, the general mechanism of such enhanced revival and frequency change has been barely studied. In this paper, we investigate how periodic driving in the PXP model can systematically control the fidelity revival. Particularly, focusing on a product state called the Neel state, we analyze the condition of driving to enhance the magnitude of revival or change the frequencies of revival. To clarify the reason for such control, we consider the similarities between the PXP model and the free spin-1/2 model in graph theoretical analysis and show that the quantum fidelity feature in the PXP model is well explained by the free spin-1/2 model. In addition, under a certain limit of the driving parameters, an analytic approach to explain the main features of the fidelity revival is also applied. Our results give insight into the scarring nature of the periodically driven PXP model and pave the way to understand the (sub)harmonic responses in these models and controls thereof.

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The PXP model exhibits quantum many-body scars, which lead to periodic revival of wave function fidelity. In this study, we investigate how periodic driving in the PXP model can control the fidelity revival. We focus on a product state called the Neel state and analyze the condition of driving to enhance the magnitude or change the frequencies of revival. We find that the quantum fidelity features in the PXP model can be well explained by the free spin-1/2 model, and an analytic approach is also applied to explain the main features of the fidelity revival.