Topological Phase Transition Driven by Infinitesimal Instability: Majorana Fermions in Non-Hermitian Spintronics.
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2019
Quantum phase transitions are intriguing and fundamental cooperative phenomena in physics. Analyzing a superconducting nanowire with spin-dependent non-Hermitian hopping, we discover a topological quantum phase transition driven by infinitesimal cascade instability. The anomalous phase transition is complementary to the universal non-Bloch wave behavior of non-Hermitian systems. We show that an infinite small magnetic field drastically suppresses the non-Hermitian skin effect, inducing a topological phase with Majorana boundary states. Furthermore, by identifying the bulk topological invariant, we establish the non-Hermitian bulk-boundary correspondence that does not have a Hermitian counterpart. We also discuss an experimental realization of the system by using the spin-current injection to a quantum wire.
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| Authors | Okuma, Nobuyuki;Sato, Masatoshi; |
| Journal | physical review letters |
| Year | 2019 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.097701 |
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