A Topological Spin Chern Pump
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2016-01-27 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
We propose a one-dimensional electron model with parameters modulated adiabatically in closed cycles, which can continuously pump spin to leads. By defining the spin-polarized Wannier functions, we show that the spin pump is protected by the spin Chern numbers, so that it is stable to perturbations violating the time-reversal symmetry and spin conservation. Our work demonstrates the possibility and principle to realize topological spin pumps independent of any symmetries, and also suggests a possible way to experimentally observe the bulk topological invariants.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.0467,
title = {A Topological Spin Chern Pump},
author = {C. Q. Zhou and Y. F. Zhang and L. Sheng and R. Shen and D. N. Sheng and D. Y. Xing},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.0467},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures