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Non-Hermitian systems with $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry can possess purely real eigenvalue spectra. In this work two one-dimensional systems with two different topological phases, the topological nontrivial Phase (TNP) and the topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Marcel Klett , Holger Cartarius , Dennis Dast , Jörg Main , Günter Wunner

We theoretically study a Kitaev chain with a quasiperiodic potential, where the quasiperiodicity is introduced by a Fibonacci sequence. Based on an analysis of the Majorana zero-energy mode, we find the critical $p$-wave superconducting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-10-12 Rasoul Ghadimi , Takanori Sugimoto , Takami Tohyama

We introduce a new type of one-dimensional Kitaev chain with staggered $p$-wave superconducting pairing. We find three physical regimes in this model by tuning the $p$-wave pairing and the chemical potential of the system. In the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Xiao-Jue Zhang , Rong Lü , Qi-Bo Zeng

We present a theoretical study of the interplay between topological p-wave superconductivity, orbital magnetic fields and quantum Hall phases in coupled wire systems. First, we calculate the phase diagram and physical observables of a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-02-19 Fan Yang , Vivien Perrin , Alexandru Petrescu , Ion Garate , Karyn Le Hur

We investigate the nature of quantum criticality and topological phase transitions near the critical lines obtained for the extended Kitaev chain with next nearest neighbor hopping parameters and non-Hermitian chemical potential. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-07-31 S Rahul , Nilanjan Roy , Ranjith R Kumar , Y R Kartik , Sujit Sarkar

Unlike a Chern number in $2$D and $3$D topological system, Zak phase takes a subtle role to characterize the topological phase in $1$D. On the one hand, it is not a gauge invariant, on the other hand, the Zak phase difference between two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 X. Z. Zhang , Z. Song

We introduce a density matrix-based network analysis to explore the ground state of the Kitaev chain, uncovering previously hidden structural and entanglement features. This approach successfully identifies the critical point associated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 Guillem Llodrà , Roberta Zambrini , Gian Luca Giorgi

The spatial Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) is applied to the Kitaev chain with inhomogeneous pairing interactions that vanish in half of the lattice and result in a quantum critical point separating the superfluid and normal-gas phases in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-29 Yan He , Chih-Chun Chien

Motivated by recent experimental realizations of topological edge states in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains, we theoretically study a ladder system whose legs are comprised of two such chains. We show that the ladder hosts a rich phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Karmela Padavić , Suraj S Hegde , Wade DeGottardi , Smitha Vishveshwara

We investigate the nature of the topological quantum phase transition between the gapless and gapped Kitaev quantum spin liquid phases away from the exactly solvable point. The transition is driven by anisotropy of the Kitaev couplings. At…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-03 Huanzhi Hu , Frank Krüger

We investigate the topological phases in a coupled one-dimensional p-wave superconducting Fibonacci quasicrystal modeled by the quasiperiodic Kitaev chain. Recent studies have shown that the coupled system can host topological edge modes…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-07 Koki Mizuno

We study the energy spectrum and transport property of a one-dimensional Kitaev quantum ring in a threading magnetic field. It is demonstrated that the magnetic field can effectively induce topological phase transitions for the ring in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Cheng-Ming Miao , Qing-Feng Sun , Ying-Tao Zhang

A current flowing through a one-dimensional Kitaev chain induces a spatial modulation in its superconducting pairing, characterized by a wave vector $Q$, which is known to induce two types of topological phase transitions: one is the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-08 Fabian G. Medina Cuy , Fabrizio Dolcini

The topological properties of periodically driven many-body systems often have no static analogs and defy a simple description based on the effective Hamiltonian. To explore the emergent edge modes in driven p-wave superconductors in two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-19 Erhai Zhao

The interplay of topology and disorder in non-equilibrium quantum systems is an intriguing subject. Here, we look for a suitable platform that enables an in-depth exploration of the topic. To this end, We analyze the topological and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Koustav Roy , Shilpi Roy , Saurabh Basu

In a $p$-wave Kitaev model, the nearest neighbor pairing term results in the formation of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) pair in the ground state. In this work, we study the fermionic condensation of real-space pairs in a $p$-wave…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-18 E. S. Ma , Z. Song

The fermionic and bosonic zero modes of the 1D interacting Kitaev chain at the symmetric point are unveiled. The many-body structures of the Majorana zero modes in the topological region are given explicitly by carrying out perturbation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-02-11 Yiming Wang , Zhidan Li , Qiang Han

Recently, it has been suggested that topological superconductivity and Majorana end states can be realized in a chain of magnetic impurities on the surface of an s-wave superconductor when the magnetic moments form a spin helix as a result…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-17 Falko Pientka , Leonid I. Glazman , Felix von Oppen

Artificial Kitaev chains have emerged as a promising platform for realizing topological quantum computing. Once the chains are formed and the Majorana zero modes are braided/fused, reading out the parity of the chains is essential for…

We present a reentrant phase transition in a bridging model between two different topological models: Kitaev and Haldane chains. This model is activated by introducing a bond alternation into the Kitaev chain [A. Yu Kitaev, Phys.-Usp. {\bf…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-12-20 Takanori Sugimoto , Mitsuyoshi Ohtsu , Takami Tohyama