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Topological insulating phases are primarily associated with condensed-matter systems, which typically feature short-range interactions. Nevertheless, many realizations of quantum matter can exhibit long-range interactions, and it is still…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-29 Pedro Nevado , Samuel Fernández-Lorenzo , Diego Porras

In this paper we explore the effects of quasiperiodicity in paradigmatic models of Chern insulators. We identify a plethora of topological phase transitions and characterize them based on spectral and localization properties. Contrary to…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-12-16 Tiago S. Gonçalves , Miguel Gonçalves , Pedro Ribeiro , Bruno Amorim

Non-Hermitian topological systems have attracted a lot of research activities in recent times, both theoretically and experimentally, due to their unique physical properties and association with open quantum systems. We show that modular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Saubhik Sarkar , Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Abolfazl Bayat

A number of tools have been developed to detect topological phase transitions in strongly correlated quantum systems. They apply under different conditions, but do not cover the full range of many-body models. It is hence desirable to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-01-05 Sourav Manna , N. S. Srivatsa , Julia Wildeboer , Anne E. B. Nielsen

Topologically ordered phases exhibit further complexity in the presence of global symmetries: Their anyonic excitations may exhibit different transformation patterns under these symmetries, leading to a classification in terms of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-25 Julian Boesl , Yu-Jie Liu , Wen-Tao Xu , Frank Pollmann , Michael Knap

High-precision sensors are of fundamental importance in modern society and technology.Although numerous sensors have been developed, obtaining sensors with higher levels of sensitivity and stronger robustness has always been expected. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-12 Wenyuan Deng , Wei Zhu , Tian Chen , Houjun Sun , Xiangdong Zhang

Two-dimensional topological insulators possess conducting edge states at their boundary while being insulating in the bulk. The detection of edge states remains an open question in ultracold atom setups. We propose a configuration to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-06-30 Bernhard Irsigler , Jun-Hui Zheng , Walter Hofstetter

Quantum metrology, a cornerstone of quantum technologies, exploits entanglement and superposition to achieve higher precision than classical protocols in parameter estimation tasks. When combined with critical phenomena such as phase…

Distributed quantum sensing leverages quantum correlations among multiple sensors to enhance the precision of parameter estimation beyond classical limits. Most existing approaches target phase estimation and rely on a shared phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Piotr T. Grochowski , Matteo Fadel , Radim Filip

We show that in a system of one dimensional spinless fermions a topological phase and phase transition can emerge only through interaction. By allowing a dimerized or bond-alternating nearest neighbour interaction we show that the system…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-11-17 Suman Mondal , Ashirbad Padhan , Tapan Mishra

We study multi-parameter sensing of 2D and 3D vector fields within the Bayesian framework for $SU(2)$ quantum interferometry. We establish a method to determine the optimal quantum sensor, which establishes the fundamental limit on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-05 Raphael Kaubruegger , Athreya Shankar , Denis V. Vasilyev , Peter Zoller

Topologically ordered phase has emerged as one of most exciting concepts that not only broadens our understanding of phases of matter, but also has been found to have potential application in fault-tolerant quantum computation. The direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-01 Zhihuang Luo , Chao Lei , Jun Li , Xinfang Nie , Zhaokai Li , Xinhua Peng , Jiangfeng Du

The competition between unitary quantum dynamics and dissipative stochastic effects, as emerging from continuous-monitoring processes, can culminate in measurement-induced phase transitions. Here, a many-body system abruptly passes, when…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-04 Moritz Eissler , Igor Lesanovsky , Federico Carollo

Dynamical quantum phase transitions occur in dynamically evolving quantum systems when non-analyticities occur at critical times in the return rate, a dynamical analogue of the free energy. This extension of the concept of phase transitions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-10 T. Masłowski , N. Sedlmayr

Topological insulators and superconductors at finite temperature can be characterized by the topological Uhlmann phase. However, a direct experimental measurement of this invariant has remained elusive in condensed matter systems. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 O. Viyuela , A. Rivas , S. Gasparinetti , A. Wallraff , S. Filipp , M. A. Martin-Delgado

We explore the gapless topological phases of a $p$-wave superconductor, probing its rich topologically ordered phases and underlying quantum phenomena. The topological order of the system is characterized by studying its entanglement…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-30 S. Srinidhi , Shashi C. L. Srivastava , Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay

Simulating higher-order topological materials in synthetic quantum matter is an active research frontier for its theoretical significance in fundamental physics and promising applications in quantum technologies. Here we experimentally…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-01-24 Zhaoli Dong , Hang Li , Hongru Wang , Yichen Pan , Wei Yi , Bo Yan

The discovery of topological phases in condensed matter systems has changed the modern conception of phases of matter. The global nature of topological ordering makes these phases robust and hence promising for applications. However, the…

Topologically protected gapless edge/surface states are phases of quantum matter which behave as massless Dirac fermions, immunizing against disorders and continuous perturbations. Recently, a new class of topological insulators (TIs) with…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-30 Baizhan Xia , Shengjie Zheng , Liang Tong , Junrui Jiao , Guiju Duan , Dejie Yu

Topological phases are characterized by their entanglement properties, which is manifest in a direct relation between entanglement spectra and edge states discovered by Li and Haldane. We propose to leverage the power of synthetic quantum…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-05-04 Torsten V. Zache , Christian Kokail , Bhuvanesh Sundar , Peter Zoller