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arxiv 2404.13129 v2 pith:HV6KJ4FC submitted 2024-04-19 cond-mat.mes-hall quant-ph

Real-space topological invariant for time-quasiperiodic Majoranas

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keywords invarianttime-quasiperiodictopologicaldensedrivingfrequenciesincommensuratelocalizer
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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.

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