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Topological nodal states in circuit lattice

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-09-11 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

The search for artificial structure with tunable topological properties is an interesting research direction of today's topological physics. Here, we introduce a scheme to realize `topological semimetal states' with a three-dimensional periodic inductor-capacitor (LC) circuit lattice, where the topological nodal-line state and Weyl state can be achieved by tuning the parameters of inductors and capacitors. A tight-binding-like model is derived to analyze the topological properties of the LC circuit lattice. The key characters of the topological states, such as the drumhead-like surface bands for nodal-line state and the Fermi-arc-like surface bands for Weyl state, are found in these systems. We also show that the Weyl points are stable with the fabrication errors of electric devices.

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@article{arxiv.1801.05581,
  title  = {Topological nodal states in circuit lattice},
  author = {Kaifa Luo and Rui Yu and Hongming Weng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05581},
  year   = {2018}
}

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