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arXiv 2011.11027quant-phphysics.optics
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在高维中构造高阶拓扑态

Constructing higher-order topological states in higher dimension

Yao Wang, Yongguan Ke, Yi-Jun Chang, Yong-Heng Lu, Jun Gao, Chaohong Lee, Xian-Min Jin

摘要:

高阶拓扑相作为Berry相的推广,引起了人们的广泛研究。然而,目前支持高阶拓扑相的理论模型,不能给出从低维到高维的晶格扩展时,低和高阶拓扑相之间的联系。在这里,我们从理论上提出并实验证明了一种由一维晶格中的边态构造的拓扑角态。二维正方形晶格在各个方向上具有独立的耦合空间调制,各个方向上的边态组合形成二维晶格中的高阶拓扑角态,揭示了低维和高维晶格中拓扑相的联系。此外,以Aubry-Andre-Harper模型为例,将两个调制相位作为合成维数,二维晶格中的拓扑角态也可以看作是由矢量Chern数表征的四维拓扑相位降维而成。我们的工作加深了对突破格点维数的拓扑相的理解,为在高维结构中构造更高的拓扑相提供了一个有前途的工具。

英文摘要:

Higher-order topological phase as a generalization of Berry phase attracts an enormous amount of research. The current theoretical models supporting higher-order topological phases, however, cannot give the connection between lower and higher-order topological phases when extending the lattice from lower to higher dimensions. Here, we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate a topological corner state constructed from the edge states in one dimensional lattice. The two-dimensional square lattice owns independent spatial modulation of coupling in each direction, and the combination of edge states in each direction come up to the higher-order topological corner state in two-dimensional lattice, revealing the connection of topological phase in lower and higher dimensional lattices. Moreover, the topological corner states in two-dimensional lattice can also be viewed as the dimension-reduction from a four-dimensional topological phase characterized by vector Chern number, considering two modulation phases as synthetic dimensions in Aubry-Andre-Harper model discussed as example here. Our work deeps the understanding to topological phases breaking through the lattice dimension, and provides a promising tool constructing higher topological phases in higher dimensional structures.

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