Probing Topology of Gaussian Mixed States by the Full Counting Statistics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15964v1
• Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 02:55:56 GMT
• Title: Probing Topology of Gaussian Mixed States by the Full Counting Statistics
• Authors: Liang Mao, Hui Zhai, and Fan Yang
• Abstract summary: Recently, a trend in topological physics is extending topological classification to mixed state. We focus on Gaussian mixed states where the modular Hamiltonians of the density matrix are quadratic free fermion models. The bulk-boundary correspondence is then manifested as stable gapless modes of the modular Hamiltonian and degenerate spectrum of the density matrix.
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• Abstract: Topological band theory has been studied for free fermions for decades, and one of the most profound physical results is the bulk-boundary correspondence. Recently a trend in topological physics is extending topological classification to mixed state. Here, we focus on Gaussian mixed states where the modular Hamiltonians of the density matrix are quadratic free fermion models and can be classified by topological invariants. The bulk-boundary correspondence is then manifested as stable gapless modes of the modular Hamiltonian and degenerate spectrum of the density matrix. In this letter, we show that these gapless modes can be detected by the full counting statistics, mathematically described by a function introduced as F({\theta}). We show that a divergent derivative at {\theta} = {\pi} probes the gapless modes in the modular Hamiltonian. We can introduce a topological indicator whose quantization to unity senses topologically nontrivial mixed states. We present the physical intuition of these results and also demonstrate these results with concrete models in both one- and two-dimensions. Our results pave the way for revealing the physical significance of topology in mixed states.

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