2019/09/30 by Pierre Fromholz, Giuseppe Magnifico, Vittorio Vitale +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.supr-con #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.101.085136
published as Phys. Rev. B 101, 085136 (2020) · 6 pages, 8 figures. Supp Mat: 9 pages, 8 figures v2: Fused the two files into one, added a new section on disorder. Modifed the text and added relevant references. Now: 12 pages, 11 figures
arxiv created 2020/02/28 · arxiv updated 2020/03/04
Entanglement is known to serve as an order parameter for true topological order in two-dimensional systems. We show how entanglement of disconnected partitions defines topological invariants for one-dimensional topological superconductors. These order parameters quantitatively capture the entanglement that is possible to distill from the ground state manifold, and are thus quantized to 0 or log 2. Their robust quantization property is inferred from the underlying lattice gauge theory description of topological superconductors, and is corroborated via exact solutions and numerical simulations. Transitions between topologically trivial and non-trivial phases are accompanied by scaling behavior, a hallmark of genuine order parameters, captured by entanglement critical exponents. These order parameters are experimentally measurable utilizing state-of-the-art techniques.