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拓扑上不同的原子绝缘体

Topologically distinct atomic insulators

Sanjib Kumar Das, Sourav Manna, Bitan Roy

AI总结:

本研究指出原子正常绝缘体并非都属于同一无特征类别,揭示了邻近拓扑绝缘体的正常绝缘体的带隙极小值位置特性,以及其衍生拓扑超导体的能带反转继承规律,可通过热霍尔电导等响应区分不同母体原子绝缘体。

摘要:

量子固体的拓扑分类通常(即便并非总是如此)会将所有平庸的原子绝缘体或正常绝缘体(NIs)归为同一无特征类别。而我们在本文中提出,情况并非一定如此。具体而言,当电子晶体的全局相图中存在在布里渊区多个时间反演不变动量${\bf K}^{\rm TI}_{\rm inv}$处发生能带反转的拓扑绝缘体时,其邻近的正常绝缘体(NIs)会在${\bf K}^{\rm NI}_{\rm min}={\bf K}^{\rm TI}_{\rm inv}$处呈现非反转的带隙极小值。在这类系统中,一旦拓扑超导体从正常绝缘体中形核,Bogoliubov de Gennes能带的反转就会发生在${\bf K}^{\rm BdG}_{\rm inv}={\bf K}^{\rm NI}_{\rm min}$处,这一特性继承自母体态。我们针对二维时间反演对称性破缺绝缘体展示了这一(可能具有普适性的)方案。随后,配对态内不同的量子化热霍尔电导以及对位错晶格缺陷的响应(与${\bf K}^{\rm BdG}_{\rm inv}$或${\bf K}^{\rm NI}_{\rm min}$相关联),可反过来明确识别不同的母体原子正常绝缘体。

英文摘要:

Topological classification of quantum solids often (if not always) groups all trivial atomic or normal insulators (NIs) into the same featureless family. As we argue here, this is not necessarily the case always. In particular, when the global phase diagram of electronic crystals harbors topological insulators with the band inversion at various time-reversal invariant momenta ${\bf K}^{\rm TI}_{\rm inv}$ in the Brillouin zone, their proximal NIs display noninverted band-gap minima at ${\bf K}^{\rm NI}_{\rm min}={\bf K}^{\rm TI}_{\rm inv}$. In such systems, once topological superconductors nucleate from NIs, the inversion of the Bogoliubov de Gennes bands takes place at ${\bf K}^{\rm BdG}_{\rm inv}={\bf K}^{\rm NI}_{\rm min}$, inheriting from the parent state. We showcase this (possibly general) proposal for two-dimensional time-reversal symmetry-breaking insulators. Then distinct quantized thermal Hall conductivity and responses to dislocation lattice defects inside the paired states (tied with ${\bf K}^{\rm BdG}_{\rm inv}$ or ${\bf K}^{\rm NI}_{\rm min}$), in turn unambiguously identify different parent atomic NIs.

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