Floquet analysis of a driven Kitaev chain in presence of a quasiperiodic potential
The interplay of topology and disorder in non-equilibrium quantum systems is an intriguing subject. Here, we look for a suitable platform that enables an in-depth exploration of the topic. To this end, we analyze the topological and localization properties of a dimerized one-dimensional Kitaev chain in the presence of an onsite quasiperiodic potential whose amplitude is modulated periodically in time. The topological features have been explored via computing the real-space winding numbers corresponding to both the Majorana zero and the $\pi$ energy modes. We enumerate the scenario at different driving frequencies. In particular, at either low or intermediate frequency regimes, the phase diagram concerning the zero mode involves two distinct phase transitions, one from a topologically trivial to a non-trivial phase, and another from a topological phase to an Anderson localized phase. On the other hand, the study of the $\pi$ modes reveals the emergence of a unique topological phase, where both the bulk and the edge modes are fully localized, which may be called as the Floquet topological Anderson phase. Moreover, while the low and high-frequency regimes host extended and localized states, respectively, at intermediate frequencies, the states can be extended, critical (or multifractal), and localized. Inverse and normalized participation ratios are used as tools to characterize the extended and the localized states. Further, the intermediate frequency regime is thoroughly enumerated via a finite-size scaling analysis of the fractal dimension.