Three-dimensional $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric topological phases with Pontryagin index

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15555v2
• Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:07:32 GMT
• Title: Three-dimensional $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric topological phases with Pontryagin index
• Authors: Zory Davoyan, Wojciech J. Jankowski, Adrien Bouhon, Robert-Jan Slager,
• Abstract summary: We study naturally arising multi-gap linked nodal rings, topologically characterized by split-biquaternion charges. We analyze the edge states corresponding to this Pontryagin index as well as their subject to the gap-closing disorder.
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• Abstract: We report on a certain class of three-dimensional topological insulators and semimetals protected by spinless $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$ symmetry, hosting an integer-valued bulk invariant. We show using homotopy arguments that these phases host multi-gap topology, providing a realization of a single $\mathbb{Z}$ invariant in three spatial dimensions that is distinct from the Hopf index. We identify this invariant with the Pontryagin index, which describes BPST instantons in particle physics contexts and corresponds to a 3-sphere winding number. We study naturally arising multi-gap linked nodal rings, topologically characterized by split-biquaternion charges, which can be removed by non-Abelian braiding of nodal rings, even without closing a gap. We additionally connect the describing winding number in terms of gauge-invariant combinations of non-Abelian Berry connection elements, indicating relations to Pontryagin characteristic class in four dimensions. These topological configurations are furthermore related to fully non-degenerate multi-gap phases that are characterized by a pair of winding numbers relating to two isoclinic rotations in the case of four bands and can be generalized to an arbitrary number of bands. From a physical perspective, we also analyze the edge states corresponding to this Pontryagin index as well as their dissolution subject to the gap-closing disorder. Finally, we elaborate on the realization of these novel non-Abelian phases, their edge states and linked nodal structures in acoustic metamaterials and trapped-ion experiments.

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