Acoustic higher-order topological insulator from momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetries

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.08196v1
• Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:35:42 GMT
• Title: Acoustic higher-order topological insulator from momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetries
• Authors: Jinbing Hu, Kai Zhou, Tianle Song, Xuntao Jiang, Songlin Zhuang, Yi Yang,
• Abstract summary: Momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetries can modify the manifold of the Brillouin zone and lead to a variety of topological phenomena. We present an acoustic realization of higher-order topological insulators protected by a pair of momentum-space glide reflections.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetries, stemming from the projective algebra of synthetic gauge fields, can modify the manifold of the Brillouin zone and lead to a variety of topological phenomena. We present an acoustic realization of higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) protected by a pair of anticommutative momentum-space glide reflections. We confirm the presence of momentum-space glide reflection from the measured momentum half translation of edge bands and their momentum-resolved probability distribution using a cylinder geometry made of acoustic resonator arrays. In particular, we observe both intrinsic and extrinsic HOTI features in such a cylinder: hopping strength variation along the open boundary leads to a bulk gap closure, while that along the closed boundary results in an edge gap closure. In addition, we confirm the presence of quadrupole corner modes with transmission and field distribution measurements. Our observation enriches the study of topological physics of momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetries.

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