Floquet second-order topological insulators from nonsymmorphic space-time symmetries
- Creators
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Peng, Yang
- Refael, Gil
Abstract
We propose a systematic way of constructing Floquet second-order topological insulators (SOTIs) based on time-glide symmetry, a nonsymmorphic space-time symmetry that is unique in Floquet systems. In particular, we are able to show that the static enlarged Hamiltonian in the frequency domain acquires reflection symmetry, which is inherited from the time-glide symmetry of the original system. As a consequence, one can construct a variety of time-glide symmetric Floquet SOTIs using the knowledge of static SOTIs. Moreover, the time-glide symmetry only needs to be implemented approximately in practice, enhancing the prospects of experimental realizations. We consider two examples, a 2D system in class AIII and a 3D system in class A, to illustrate our ideas, and then present a general recipe for constructing Floquet SOTIs in all symmetry classes.
Additional Information
© 2019 American Physical Society. Received 28 November 2018; published 3 July 2. We acknowledge support from the Institute of Quantum Information and Matter, a NSF Frontier center funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Packard Foundation. Y. P. is grateful for support from the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at Caltech. G. R. is grateful for support from the ARO MURI W911NF-16-1- 0361 Quantum Materials by Design with Electromagnetic Excitation sponsored by the U.S. Army.Attached Files
Published - PhysRevLett.123.016806.pdf
Submitted - 1811.11752.pdf
Supplemental Material - supplement.pdf
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- 94587
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20190409-112427983
- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, Caltech
- Army Research Office (ARO)
- W911NF-16-1-0361
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2019-04-09Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-16Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics