Dissipative Floquet Time Quasicrystals with Topological Temporal Order

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Abstract

The discovery of time crystals and topological phases has fundamentally altered our understanding of quantum matter, yet a unified framework that combines temporal quasi-order, topological protection, and engineered dissipation remains a central challenge. Here we introduce Floquet-engineered dissipative time quasicrystals (FDTCs) —a class of nonequilibrium topological phases that emerge from the synergy of quasi-periodic driving, non-local dissipation, and non-Hermitian topology. Using a combination of Floquet-Lindblad theory and frequency-space topology, we demonstrate that FDTCs exhibit three defining hallmarks: (i) fractal temporal correlations with multiple incommensurate frequencies, (ii) a quantized topological invariant robust against disorder, and (iii) algebraically decaying memory of phase perturbations—a signature of intrinsic protection. We establish a general theoretical framework mapping quasi-periodically driven dissipative systems to non-Hermitian tight-binding models on synthetic frequency lattices, revealing topological edge modes in the frequency domain that manifest as persistent temporal order. We provide explicit experimental blueprints for two leading quantum platforms: parametrically driven superconducting qubit arrays and Rydberg atom chains with structured dissipation. Numerical simulations validate the phase diagram, showing that FDTCs occupy a distinct region bounded by trivial dissipative dynamics, conventional time crystals, and thermal phases. Our work establishes FDTCs as a bridge between topological matter, non-equilibrium physics, and quantum simulation, opening pathways to dissipationprotected quantum memory, topologically robust frequency combs, and novel non-Hermitian quantum technologies.

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