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Condensed Matter > Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Title: Real-space topological invariant for time-quasiperiodic Majoranas

Abstract: When subjected to quasiperiodic driving protocols, superconducting systems have been found to harbor robust time-quasiperiodic Majorana modes, extending the concept beyond static and Floquet systems. However, the presence of incommensurate driving frequencies results in dense energy spectra, rendering conventional methods of defining topological invariants based on band structure inadequate. In this work, we introduce a real-space topological invariant capable of identifying time-quasiperiodic Majoranas by leveraging the system's spectral localizer, which integrates information from both Hamiltonian and position operators. Drawing insights from non-Hermitian physics, we establish criteria for constructing the localizer and elucidate the robustness of this invariant in the presence of dense spectra. Our numerical simulations, focusing on a Kitaev chain driven by two incommensurate frequencies, validate the efficacy of our approach.
Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures
Subjects: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.13129 [cond-mat.mes-hall]
  (or arXiv:2404.13129v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version)

Submission history

From: Yang Peng [view email]
[v1] Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:31:10 GMT (264kb,D)

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