Toric-code insulator enriched by translation symmetry

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作者
Tam, Pok Man [1 ]
Venderbos, Jorn W. F. [2 ,3 ]
Kane, Charles L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Phys & Astron, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Drexel Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
VALENCE-BOND STATE; MAJORANA FERMIONS; FRACTIONALIZATION;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.105.045106
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We introduce a two-dimensional electronic insulator that possesses a toric-code topological order enriched by translation symmetry. This state can be realized from disordering a weak topological superconductor by double-vortex condensation. It is termed the toric-code insulator, whose anyonic excitations consist of a charge-e chargon, a neutral fermion, and two types of visons. There are two types of visons because they have constrained motion as a consequence of the fractional Josephson effect of one-dimensional topological superconductor. Importantly, these two types of visons are related by a discrete translation symmetry and have a mutual semionic braiding statistics, leading to a symmetry enrichment akin to the type in Wen's plaquette model and Kitaev's honeycomb model. We construct this state using a three-fluid coupled-wire model, and analyze the anyon spectrum and braiding statistics in detail to unveil the nature of symmetry enrichment due to translation. We also discuss potential material realizations and present a band-theoretic understanding of the state, fitting it into a general framework for studying fractionalizaton in strongly interacting weak topological phases.
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