We demonstrate the semiclassical nature of symmetry twist defects that differ from quantum deconfined anyons in a true topological phase by examining non-abelian crystalline defects in an abelian lattice model. An underlying non-dynamical ungauged S3-symmetry labels the quasi-extensive defects by group elements and gives rise to order dependent fusion. A central subgroup of local Wilson observables distinguishes defect-anyon composites by species, which can mutate through abelian anyon tunneling by tuning local defect phase parameters. We compute a complete consistent set of primitive basis transformations, or F-symbols, and study braiding and exchange between commuting defects. This suggests a modified spin-statistics theorem for defects and non-modular group structures unitarily represented by the braiding S and exchange T matrices. Non-abelian braiding operations in a closed system represent the sphere braid group projectively by a non-trivial central extension that relates the underlying symmetry.
Topological superconductors (TSCs) are correlated quantum states with simultaneous off-diagonal long-range order and nontrivial topological invariants. They produce gapless or zero energy boundary excitations, including Majorana zero modes and chiral Majorana edge states with topologically protected phase coherence essential for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Candidate TSCs are very rare in nature. Here, we propose a novel route toward emergent quasi-one-dimensional (1D) TSCs in naturally embedded quantum structures such as atomic line defects in unconventional spin-singlet $s$-wave and $d$…
It was well known that there are $e$-particles and $m$-strings in the 3-dimensional (spatial dimension) toric code model, which realizes the 3-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological order. Recent mathematical result, however, shows that there are additional string-like topological defects in the 3-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological order. In this work, we construct all topological defects of codimension 2 and higher, and show that they form a braided fusion 2-category satisfying a braiding non-degeneracy condition.
Finding physical realizations of topologically ordered states in experimental settings, from condensed matter to artificial quantum systems, has been the main challenge en route to utilizing their unconventional properties. We show how to realize a large class of topologically ordered states and simulate their quasiparticle excitations on a digital quantum computer. To achieve this we design a set of linear-depth quantum circuits to generate ground states of general string-net models together with unitary open string operators to simulate the creation and braiding of abelian and non-abelian an…
Non-Abelian Statistics for Bosonic Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases
International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University（北京大学量子材料科学中心及物理学院）；International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen（深圳国际量子研究院）；Hefei National Laboratory（合肥国家实验室）
Nonlinear sigma models appear in a wide variety of physics contexts, such as the long-range order with spontaneously broken continuous global symmetries. There are also large classes of quantum criticality admit sigma model descriptions in their phase diagrams without known ultraviolet complete quantum field theory descriptions. We investigate defects in general nonlinear sigma models in any spacetime dimensions, which include the "electric" defects that are characterized by topological interactions on the defects, and the "magnetic" defects that are characterized by the isometries and homotop…
We introduce a minimal model to describe the charge degree of freedom in cuprates with the on-site Hilbert space reduced to only the three valence states CuO$_4^{7-,6-,5-}$ (nominally Cu$^{1+,2+,3+}$) and make use of the S=1 pseudospin formalism. The formalism constitutes a powerful method to study complex phenomena in interacting quantum systems characterized by the coexistence and competition of various ordered states. Overall, such a framework provides a simple and systematic methodology to predict and discover new kinds of orders. In particular, the pseudospin formalism provides the most e…
Three-Dimensional Non-Foliated Fractional Quantum Hall Phases with Irrational Anyons in Twisted van der Waals Multilayers
Pohang University of Science and Technology（浦项科技大学）；Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)（大邱庆北科学技术院）；Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology（韩国科学技术院）；Institute for Basic Science（基础科学研究院）
Anomalous 140 K electronic transition in Bi$_2$Se$_3$: Possible charge order in a defect-engineered system
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee（密尔沃基威斯康星大学）；National High Magnetic Field Laboratory（国家强磁场实验室）；Florida State University（佛罗里达州立大学）；College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Liaoning Technical University（辽宁工程技术大学电子与信息工程学院）
