Published January 19, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Dissipation-driven dynamical topological phase transitions in two-dimensional superconductors

  • 1. Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Pancini", CNR-SPIN, and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
  • 3. Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università di Parma and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
  • 4. Dipartimento di Fisica, and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Cosenza, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, I-87036 Cosenza, Italy

Description

We induce and study a topological dynamical phase transition between two planar superconducting phases. Using the Lindblad equation to account for the interactions of Bogoliubov quasiparticles among themselves and with the fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter, we derive the relaxation dynamics of the order parameter. To characterize the phase transition, we compute the fidelity and the spin-Hall conductance of the open system. Our approach provides crucial information for experimental implementations, such as the dependence of the critical time on the system-bath coupling.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L041107;
arXiv
arXiv:2308.08265;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100001659;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
6 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X