Quench-Probe Setup as Analyzer of Fractionalized Entanglement Spreading

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Beitragende

  • Nicolas P. Bauer - , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat (Autor:in)
  • Jan Carl Budich - , Professur für Quanten-Vielteilchentheorie, Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat (Autor:in)
  • Björn Trauzettel - , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat (Autor:in)
  • Alessio Calzona - , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat (Autor:in)

Abstract

We propose a novel spatially inhomogeneous setup for revealing quench-induced fractionalized excitations in entanglement dynamics. In this quench-probe setting, the region undergoing a quantum quench is tunnel coupled to a static region, the probe. Subsequently, the time-dependent entanglement signatures of a tunable subset of excitations propagating to the probe are monitored by energy selectivity. We exemplify the power of this generic approach by identifying a unique dynamical signature associated with the presence of an isolated Majorana zero mode in the postquench Hamiltonian. In this case excitations emitted from the topological part of the system give rise to a fractionalized jump of log(2)/2 in the entanglement entropy of the probe. This dynamical effect is highly sensitive to the localized nature of the Majorana zero mode, but does not require the preparation of a topological initial state.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer190401
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang130
Ausgabenummer19
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 12 Mai 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 37243652

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