Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-01-10
Phys.Rev.B83:155429,2011
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
8 pages, 3 figures, this is the final, published version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155429
The topological quantum number Q of a superconducting or chiral insulating wire counts the number of stable bound states at the end points. We determine Q from the matrix r of reflection amplitudes from one of the ends, generalizing the known result in the absence of time-reversal and chiral symmetry to all five topologically nontrivial symmetry classes. The formula takes the form of the determinant, Pfaffian, or matrix signature of r, depending on whether r is a real matrix, a real antisymmetric matrix, or a Hermitian matrix. We apply this formula to calculate the topological quantum number of N coupled dimerized polymer chains, including the effects of disorder in the hopping constants. The scattering theory relates a topological phase transition to a conductance peak, of quantized height and with a universal (symmetry class independent) line shape. Two peaks which merge are annihilated in the superconducting symmetry classes, while they reinforce each other in the chiral symmetry classes.
Akhmerov Anton R.
Beenakker C. W. J.
Fulga I. C.
Hassler Fabian
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