Quantum phases of a one-dimensional Majorana-Bose-Hubbard model
arXiv:1911.08120 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.075419
Abstract
Majorana zero modes (MZM-s) occurring at the edges of a 1D, p-wave, spinless superconductor, in absence of fluctuations of the phase of the superconducting order parameter, are quintessential examples of topologically-protected zero-energy modes occurring at the edges of 1D symmetry-protected topological phases. In this work, we numerically investigate the fate of the topological phase in the presence of phase-fluctuations using the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) technique. To that end, we consider a one-dimensional array of MZM-s on mesoscopic superconducting islands at zero temperature. Cooper-pair and MZM-assisted single-electron tunneling, together with finite charging energy of the mesoscopic islands, give rise to a rich phase-diagram of this model. We show that the system can be in either a Mott-insulating phase, a Luttinger liquid (LL) phase of Cooper-pairs or a second gapless phase. In contrast to the LL of Cooper-pairs, this second phase is characterized by nonlocal string correlation functions which decay algebraically due to gapless charge- excitations. The three phases are separated from each other by phase-transitions of either Kosterlitz-Thouless or Ising type. Using a Jordan-Wigner transformation, we map the system to a generalized Bose-Hubbard model with two types of hopping and use DMRG to analyze the different phases and the phase-transitions.
arXiv comment13 pages, 8 figures
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