Cheshire qudits from fractional quantum spin Hall states in twisted MoTe$_2$

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Auteurs principaux: Wen, Rui, Potter, Andrew C.
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author Wen, Rui
Potter, Andrew C.
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Potter, Andrew C.
contents Twisted MoTe$_2$ homobilayers exhibit transport signatures consistent with a fractional quantum spin Hall (FQSH) state. We describe a route to construct topological quantum memory elements, dubbed Cheshire qudits, formed from punching holes in such a FQSH state and using proximity-induced superconductivity to gap out the resulting helical edge states. Cheshire qudits encode quantum information in states that differ by a fractional topological "Cheshire" charge that is hidden from local detection within a condensate anyons. Control of inter-edge tunneling by gates enables both supercurrent-based readout of a Cheshire qudit, and capacitive measurement of the thermal entropy associated with its topological ground-space degeneracy. Additionally, we systematically classify different types of gapped boundaries, Cheshire qudits, and parafermionic twist defects for various Abelian and non-Abelian candidate FQSH orders that are consistent with the transport data, and describe experimental signatures to distinguish these orders.
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spellingShingle Cheshire qudits from fractional quantum spin Hall states in twisted MoTe$_2$
Wen, Rui
Potter, Andrew C.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
Twisted MoTe$_2$ homobilayers exhibit transport signatures consistent with a fractional quantum spin Hall (FQSH) state. We describe a route to construct topological quantum memory elements, dubbed Cheshire qudits, formed from punching holes in such a FQSH state and using proximity-induced superconductivity to gap out the resulting helical edge states. Cheshire qudits encode quantum information in states that differ by a fractional topological "Cheshire" charge that is hidden from local detection within a condensate anyons. Control of inter-edge tunneling by gates enables both supercurrent-based readout of a Cheshire qudit, and capacitive measurement of the thermal entropy associated with its topological ground-space degeneracy. Additionally, we systematically classify different types of gapped boundaries, Cheshire qudits, and parafermionic twist defects for various Abelian and non-Abelian candidate FQSH orders that are consistent with the transport data, and describe experimental signatures to distinguish these orders.
title Cheshire qudits from fractional quantum spin Hall states in twisted MoTe$_2$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03401