Disorder-induced topology in quench dynamics

Autor: Hsiu-Chuan Hsu, Pok-Man Chiu, Po-Yao Chang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 3, Iss 3, p 033242 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033242
Popis: We study the effect of strong disorder on topology and entanglement in quench dynamics. Although disorder-induced topological phases have been well studied in equilibrium, the disorder-induced topology in quench dynamics has not been explored. In this paper, we predict a disorder-induced topology of postquench states characterized by the quantized dynamical Chern number and the crossings in the entanglement spectrum in (1+1) dimensions. The dynamical Chern number undergoes transitions from zero to unity and back to zero when increasing the disorder strength. The boundaries between different dynamical Chern numbers are determined by delocalized critical points in the postquench Hamiltonian with the strong disorder. An experimental realization in quantum walks is discussed.
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