Uhlmann holonomy against Lindblad dynamics of topological systems at finite temperatures

Abstract

The Uhlmann phase, which reflects the holonomy as the purified state of a density matrix traverses a loop in the parameter space, has been used to characterize topological properties of several systems at finite temperatures. We test the Uhlmann holonomy against various system-environment couplings in quantum dynamics described by the Lindblad equations of three topological systems, including the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, Kitaev chain, and Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang (BHZ) model. The Uhlmann phase is shown to remain quantized in all the examples if the initial state is topological and only certain types of the Lindblad jump operators are present. Topological protection at finite temperatures against environmental effects in quantum dynamics is therefore demonstrated albeit only for a restricted class of system-environment couplings.

10 pages, 4 figures, submitted

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