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Paper 1

Qutrit codes within representations of SU(3)

Xzavier Herbert, Jonathan Gross, Michael Newman

Year
2023
Journal
arXiv preprint
DOI
arXiv:2312.00162
arXiv
2312.00162

We describe a quantum error-detecting and error-correcting code embedded within irreducible representations of SU(3). These logical qutrits inherit the He(3) symmetries induced by the representation, while protecting against small SU(3) displacements. We explore the general methodology for finding codes from structure-inducing representations of groups, together with symmetries inherited from finite subgroups, extending the case of spin representations of SU(2).

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Paper 2

Non-Hermitian spectral flows and Berry-Chern monopoles

Lucien Jezequel, Pierre Delplace

Year
2022
Journal
arXiv preprint
DOI
arXiv:2209.03876
arXiv
2209.03876

We propose a non-Hermitian generalization of the correspondence between the spectral flow and the topological charges of band crossing points (Berry-Chern monopoles). A class of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians that display a complex-valued spectral flow is built by deforming an Hermitian model while preserving its analytical index. We relate those spectral flows to a generalized Chern number that we show to be equal to that of the Hermitian case, provided a line gap exists. We demonstrate the homotopic invariance of both the non-Hermitian Chern number and the spectral flow index, making explicit their topological nature. In the absence of a line gap, our system still displays a spectral flow whose topology can be captured by exploiting an emergent pseudo-Hermitian symmetry.

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