Floquet engineering of point-gapped topological superconductors
Non-Hermitian systems exhibit two distinct topological classifications based on their gap structure: line-gap and point-gap topologies. Although point-gap topology is intrinsic to non-Hermitian systems, the systematic construction of the point-gapped topological phases remains challenging. Here, we present the Floquet engineering approach for realizing point-gapped topological superconductors. By combining Floquet theory with particle-hole symmetry, we show that a point gap hosting robust Majorana edge modes emerges at the overlap of Floquet bands with opposite winding numbers. In the thermodynamic limit, even weak non-Hermiticity opens a point gap from a gapless spectrum, driving a topological phase transition and breaking non-Bloch parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. This transition is accompanied by the appearance of the Floquet ${Z}_{2}$ skin effect. Furthermore, the point-gapped topological phase and the non-Bloch $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry exhibit size-dependent phenomena driven by the critical skin effect. Our work offers a pathway for exploring the point-gapped topological phases in non-Hermitian systems.
Authors
- Naeem Akhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6756-2898)
- Hao Geng
- Xiang Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3974-2258)
- Xiaosen Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2140-7849)
Institutions
- Jiangsu University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.111.195419
- Citations
- 42
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 52.36
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province