Topological classification of Higher-order topological phases with nested band inversion surfaces

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2206.11296v2
• Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 09:52:10 GMT
• Title: Topological classification of Higher-order topological phases with nested band inversion surfaces
• Authors: Zhoutao Lei and Yuangang Deng and Linhu Li
• Abstract summary: Higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) hold gapped bulk bands and topological boundary states localized in boundaries with codimension higher than one. We provide a unified construction and topological characterization of HOTPs for the full Altland-Zirnbauer symmetry classes, based on a method known as nested band inversion surfaces (BISs)
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• Abstract: Higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) hold gapped bulk bands and topological boundary states localized in boundaries with codimension higher than one. In this paper, we provide a unified construction and topological characterization of HOTPs for the full Altland-Zirnbauer tenfold symmetry classes, based on a method known as nested band inversion surfaces (BISs). Specifically, HOTPs built on this method are decomposed into a series of subsystems, and higher-order topological boundary states emerges from the interplay of their first-order topology. Our analysis begins with a general discussion of HOTPs in continuous Hamiltonians for each symmetry class, then moves on to several lattice examples illustrating the topological characterization based on the nested-BIS method. Despite the example minimal models possessing several spatial symmetries, our method does not rely on any spatial symmetry, and can be easily extended into arbitrary orders of topology in dimensions. Furthermore, we extend our discussion to systems with asymmetric boundary states induced by two different mechanisms, namely, crossed BISs that break a $\mathcal{C}_4$ rotation symmetry, and non-Clifford operators that break certain chiral-mirror symmetries of the minimal models.

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