Kaleidoscope of topological phases with multiple Majorana species

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2010-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/1012.5276v3

New J.Phys.13:095014,2011

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

6 pages, 5 figures. The second version has a new title, reflecting a change of focus of the presentation in this version. The

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/13/9/095014

Exactly solvable lattice models for spins and non-interacting fermions provide fascinating examples of topological phases, some of them exhibiting the localized Majorana fermions that feature in proposals for topological quantum computing. The Chern invariant $\nu$ is one important characterization of such phases. Here we look at the square-octagon variant of Kitaev's honeycomb model. It maps to spinful paired fermions and enjoys a rich phase diagram featuring distinct abelian and nonabelian phases with $\nu= 0,\pm1,\pm2,\pm3$ and $ \pm4$. The $\nu=\pm1 $ and $\nu=\pm3$ phases all support localized Majorana modes and are examples of Ising and $SU(2)_2$ anyon theories respectively.

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