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Strongly correlated crystalline higher-order topological phases in two-dimensional systems: A coupled-wire study

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2022-07-26 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Superconductivity

Abstract

Coupled-wire constructions have been widely applied to quantum Hall systems and symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases. In this Letter, we use the coupled one-dimensional nonchiral Luttinger liquids with domain-wall structured mass terms as quantum wires to construct the crystalline higher-order topological superconductors (HOTSC) in two-dimensional interacting fermionic systems by two representative examples: D4D_4-symmetric class-D HOTSC and C4C_4-symmetric class-BD\1 HOTSC, with Majorana corner modes on the edge. Furthermore, based on the coupled-wire constructions, the quantum phase transition between different phases of 2D HOTSC by tuning the inter-wire couplings is investigated in a straightforward way.

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@article{arxiv.2201.07023,
  title  = {Strongly correlated crystalline higher-order topological phases in two-dimensional systems: A coupled-wire study},
  author = {Jian-Hao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.07023},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

4+epsilon pages, 5 figures, with Supplementary Materials; Published version