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1Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.
Abstract:
We develop a stochastic framework for anyonic systems in which the exchange phase is promoted from a fixed parameter to a fluctuating quantity. Starting from the Stratonovich stochastic Liouville equation, we perform the Stratonovich-Itô conversion to obtain a Lindblad master equation that ties the dissipator directly to the distorted anyon algebra. This construction produces a statistics-dependent dephasing channel, with rates determined by the eigenstructure of the real-symmetric correlation matrix Ξ. The eigenvectors of Ξ select which collective exchange currents-equivalently, which irreducible representations of the system-are protected from stochastic dephasing, providing a natural mechanism for decoherence-free subspaces and noise-induced exceptional points. The key result of our analysis is the universality of the optimal statistical angle: in the minimal two-site model with balanced gain and loss, the protected mode always minimizes its dephasing at θ⋆=π/2, independent of the specific form of Ξ. This robustness highlights a simple design rule for optimizing coherence in noisy anyonic systems, with direct implications for ultracold atomic realizations and other emerging platforms for fractional statistics.
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