TY - JOUR AU - Viyuela, O. AU - Rivas, A. AU - Martín-Delgado Alcántara, Miguel Ángel PY - 2014 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.130401 SN - 0031-9007 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35600 T2 - Physical review letters AB - We introduce the Uhlmann geometric phase as a tool to characterize symmetry-protected topological phases in one-dimensional fermion systems, such as topological insulators and superconductors. Since this phase is formulated for general mixed quantum... LA - eng PB - American Physical Society KW - Parallel transport KW - Mixed states KW - Insulators KW - Supercondunctors KW - Bands TI - Uhlmann phase as a topological measure for one-dimensional fermion systems TY - journal article VL - 112 ER -