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Second-order topological insulators and superconductors with an order-two crystalline symmetry

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-07-05 v2

Abstract

Second-order topological insulators and superconductors have a gapped excitation spectrum in bulk and along boundaries, but protected zero modes at corners of a two-dimensional crystal or protected gapless modes at hinges of a three-dimensional crystal. A second-order topological phase can be induced by the presence of a bulk crystalline symmetry. Building on Shiozaki and Sato's complete classification of bulk crystalline phases with an order-two crystalline symmetry [Phys.\ Rev.\ B {\bf 90}, 165114 (2014)], such as mirror reflection, twofold rotation, or inversion symmetry, we classify all corresponding second-order topological insulators and superconductors. The classification also includes antiunitary symmetries and antisymmetries.

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@article{arxiv.1801.10053,
  title  = {Second-order topological insulators and superconductors with an order-two crystalline symmetry},
  author = {Max Geier and Luka Trifunovic and Max Hoskam and Piet W. Brouwer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.10053},
  year   = {2018}
}

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36 pages, 18 figures