Dynamic metal along grain boundaries in Floquet topological crystals

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08060v1
• Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:59:23 GMT
• Title: Dynamic metal along grain boundaries in Floquet topological crystals
• Authors: Daniel J. Salib, Bitan Roy
• Abstract summary: dissipationless metallic states can be found near the center and/or edge of the Floquet Brillouin zone. We show that topologically robust gapless matallic states appear along the grain boundaries, embedded in the interior of Floquet topological crystals.
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• Abstract: Driven quantum materials often feature emergent topology, otherwise absent in static crystals. Dynamic bulk-boundary correspondence, encoded by nondissipative gapless modes residing near the Floquet zone center and/or boundaries, is the most prominent example of such phenomena. Here we show that topologically robust gapless matallic states appear along the grain boundaries, embedded in the interior of Floquet topological crystals, when the Floquet-Bloch band inversion occurring at a finite momentum (${\bf K}^{\rm Flq}_{\rm inv}$) and the Burgers vector (${\bf b}$) of the constituting array of dislocations satisfy ${\bf K}^{\rm Flq}_{\rm inv} \cdot {\bf b}=\pi$ (modulo $2 \pi$). Such dissipationless metallic states can be found near the center and/or edge of the Floquet Brillouin zone, irrespective of the drive protocol. We showcase these general outcomes for two-dimensional driven time-reversal symmetry breaking insulators. Promising experimental platforms, unveiling such dynamic topological metals in real materials, are discussed.

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