Standard and Bipolar Rectification in Tilted Periodically-Driven Quantum Systems

Quantum Physics arXiv:2610.20765 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 14 Oct 2026] Title:Standard and Bipolar Rectification in Tilted Periodically-Driven Quantum Systems Authors:Joaquín Peñuela-Parra, Juan José Mendoza-Arenas View a PDF of the paper titled Standard and Bipolar Rectification in Tilted Periodically-Driven Quantum Systems, by Joaqu\'in Pe\~{n}uela-Parra and 1 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Developing mechanisms to control transport in correlated quantum systems is essential for advancing quantum circuit technologies. In this work, we establish a rectification mechanism for both particle and energy flow in a fermionic system coupled to external baths, in the presence of a tilted potential modulated locally by a time-periodic drive. The drive generates particle and energy currents even in the absence of chemical or thermal bias between the baths. These drive-induced currents are enhanced at resonant frequencies at which avoided crossings occur in the Floquet quasienergy spectrum, reflecting the role of the Floquet states as intermediate channels for transport. Once a bias between the baths is introduced, the drive-induced current contribution can reinforce, compete with, or even cancel the bias-induced contribution. These effects enable rectification in the non-interacting regime, which we quantify via the rectification coefficient $\mathcal{R}$. This coefficient measures the asymmetry between transport up the tilt (forward bias) and down the tilt (reverse bias). In addition to standard rectification, where transport is reduced under reverse bias, we identify a regime of bipolar rectification, in which the current flows only up the tilt regardless of the bias polarity. At the boundary between standard and bipolar regimes, the system achieves perfect rectification, corresponding to complete suppression of the reverse-bias current. In the presence of interactions between particles, the parameter region that supports bipolar rectification is enlarged and $\mathcal{R}$ can be enhanced by many orders of magnitude. Our results establish a rectification mechanism for particle and energy transport that can be experimentally realized in condensed matter and cold atom systems. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) Cite as: arXiv:2610.20765 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2610.20765v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.20765 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Joaquín Peñuela-Parra [view email] [v1] Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:13:49 UTC (1,957 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Standard and Bipolar Rectification in Tilted Periodically-Driven Quantum Systems, by Joaqu\'in Pe\~{n}uela-Parra and 1 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-10 Change to browse by: cond-mat cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.stat-mech References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)