The survival of topological signatures in the presence of average symmetries

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Abstract

The robust properties in topological states of matter under the effect of disorders is of great theoretical as well as experimental interests. One focus is on the disorders breaking either spatial symmetry or non-spatial symmetry (e.g., time-reversal, particle-hole and chiral symmetry) but restoring it on average. In this work, we consider a quasi-one-dimensional topological superconductor in the presence of disorders preserving average time-reversal symmetry or mirror symmetry. By calculating the transport signatures of multi-chain Kitaev and Majorana models, we show that the survival of the edge modes depends on the form of the disorders.

Presenters

  • Yingyi Huang

    Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, Univeristy of Maryland

Authors

  • Yingyi Huang

    Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, Univeristy of Maryland

  • Ching-Kai Chiu

    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Sciences