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Fibonacci-Modulation-Induced Multiple Topological Anderson Insulators

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2025-08-19 v3 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Topological Anderson insulators (TAIs) provide a mechanism for topological phase transitions in disordered systems and have implications for quantum material design. In this work, we investigate the emergence of multiple TAIs in a one-dimensional spin-orbit coupled (SOC) chain subject to Fibonacci modulation, which transforms a trivial band structure into a sequence of topologically nontrivial phases. This behavior is characterized by the appearance of zero-energy modes and changes in the Z2Z_2 topological quantum number. As the SOC amplitude decreases, the number of TAI phases increases, a feature that is closely related to the fractal structure of the energy spectrum induced by Fibonacci modulation. In contrast to conventional TAI phases with fully localized eigenstates, the wave functions in the Fibonacci-modulated TAI phases display multifractal properties. This model can be experimentally realized using a Bose-Einstein condensate in a momentum-space lattice, where its topological transitions and multifractal features can be explored through quench dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2501.02883,
  title  = {Fibonacci-Modulation-Induced Multiple Topological Anderson Insulators},
  author = {Ruijiang Ji and Zhihao Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.02883},
  year   = {2025}
}

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20 pages, 13 figures

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