Quantum Fisher information in a quenched $p + ip$ superfluid

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.21164v1
• Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:35:23 GMT
• Title: Quantum Fisher information in a quenched $p + ip$ superfluid
• Abstract summary: The quantum Fisher information (QFI) is widely used to characterize quantum phases and transitions.<n>We study the QFI of the long-time state of a two-dimensional p+ip superfluid in equilibrium.<n>Our results show that driving the system out of equilibrium can enhance the diagnostic power of the QI.
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• Abstract: The quantum Fisher information (QFI) is widely used to characterize quantum phases and transitions, but its diagnostic power sometimes relies on selecting special generators based on prior knowledge of the underlying physics. We ask whether this requirement can be relaxed in nonequilibrium systems by studying the QFI of the long-time asymptotic state of a two-dimensional p+ip superfluid following an instantaneous quench of the coupling strength, using the particle number within a large subextensive subsystem as the generator. In equilibrium, the ground-state QFI is continuous across the topological transition between the weak-pairing BCS and the strong-pairing BEC phases, showing no direct signature of the transition. After the quench, however, the QFI associated with the same generator distinguishes the three dynamical phases and can encode the topology of the pre-quench state. In phase I, with a vanishing order parameter, the QFI Fourier spectrum consists of a single zero-frequency spike determined by the nonequilibrium distribution function. In phase II, with a constant nonzero order parameter, the QFI spectrum contains a zero-frequency spike and two continua separated by a gap set by the minimum asymptotic quasiparticle energy. The continuum edge behavior reveals whether this minimum occurs at zero or finite momentum. In the former case, the spectral weight vanishes at the edge, with the sign just inside the continuum encoding the pre-quench topology for large subsystem. In phase III, with a time-periodic order parameter, the QFI spectrum exhibits discrete peaks at integer multiples of the oscillation frequency, together with continua associated with the Floquet quasienergy spectrum. Our results show that driving the system out of equilibrium can enhance the diagnostic power of the QFI for a standard physical observable, revealing information inaccessible in equilibrium.

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