Detection of Topology via Entanglement Oscillations

Abstract

We introduce a characterization of topological order based on bulk oscillations of the entanglement entropy and the definition of an `entanglement gap', showing that it is generally applicable to pure and disordered quantum systems. Using exact diagonalization and the strong disorder renormalization group method, we demonstrate that this approach gives results in agreement with the use of traditional topological invariants, especially in cases where topological order is known to persist in the presence of off-diagonal bond disorder. The entanglement gap is then used to analyze classes of quantum systems with alternating bond types, allowing us to construct their topological phase diagrams. The validity of these phase diagrams is verified in limiting cases of dominant bond types, where the solution is known.

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