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Exact method of analytical solution of flat, non-dispersive eigenstates in a class of quasi-one dimensional structures is reported within the tight-binding framework. The states are localized over certain sublattice sites. One such finite…

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We analyze the spectrum and eigenstates of a quantum particle in a bipartite two-dimensional tight-binding dice network with short range hopping under the action of a dc bias. We find that the energy spectrum consists of a periodic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Andrey R. Kolovsky , Ajith Ramachandran , Sergej Flach

There is a recent upsurge of interests in flat bands in condensed-matter systems and the consequences for magnetism and superconductivity. This article highlights the physics, where peculiar quantum-mechanical mechanisms for the physical…

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Conventionally, symmetry-protected topological phases and band crossings are protected by global symmetries acting on the entire system. Here, we show that symmetries preserved only on a partial region of a system, termed local support…

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The possibility of engineering experimentally viable systems that realize gauge fluxes within plaquettes of hopping have been subject of search for decades due to vast amounts of theoretical study. This is of particular interest for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-04 Toshikaze Kariyado , Robert-Jan Slager

In this work we first discuss systematically three general approaches to construct a non-Hermitian flat band, defined by its dispersionless real part. They resort to, respectively, spontaneous restoration of non-Hermitian particle-hole…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-23 Li Ge

We develop a simple and general method to construct arbitrary Flat Band lattices. We identify the basic ingredients behind zero-dispersion bands and develop a method to construct extended lattices based on a consecutive repetition of a…

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We present a distinct mechanism for the formation of bound states in the continuum (BICs). In chiral quantum systems there appear zero-energy states in which the wave function has finite amplitude only in one of the subsystems defined by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-30 Jordi Mur-Petit , Rafael A. Molina

Chiral excitation flows have attracted significant attention due to their unique unidirectionality. Such flows have been studied in three-node networks with synthetic gauge fields (SGFs), but the general theory of chiral flows in multinode…

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Chirality is one of the key features governing the electronic properties of single- and bilayer graphene: the basics of this concept and its consequences on transport are presented in this review. By breaking the inversion symmetry, a band…

Motivated by the study of flat bands in models of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), we give abstract conditions which guarantee the existence of a discrete set of parameters for which periodic Hamiltonians exhibit flat bands. As an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Jeffrey Galkowski , Maciej Zworski

We study the band structure and scattering of in-plane coupled longitudinal and shear stress waves in linear layered media and observe that exceptional points (EP) appear for elastic (lossless) media, when parameterized with real-valued…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Vahidreza Alizadeh , Alireza V. Amirkhizi

Twisted bilayer systems with discrete magic angles, such as twisted bilayer graphene featuring moir\'{e} superlattices, provide a versatile platform for exploring novel physical properties. Here, we discover a class of superflat bands in…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-31 Hongfei Wang , Shaojie Ma , Shuang Zhang , Dangyuan Lei

Electrons may form inter-site pairs (dimers) by a number of mechanisms. For example, long-range (Fr\"ohlich) electron-phonon interactions and strong on-site Hubbard U allow formation of small light bipolarons in some lattices. We identify…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-06-01 S Jackson , J H Samson

Flat, non-dispersive bands and topological phase transition in multiple Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains, cross-linked via periodically arranged nodal points are explored within a tight binding framework. We give analytic prescription,…

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We study the influence of spatial symmetries on the appearance and the number of exact flat bands (FBs) in single and bilayer systems with Dirac or quadratic band crossing points, and systematically classify all possible number of exact…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Siddhartha Sarkar , Xiaohan Wan , Shi-Zeng Lin , Kai Sun

The low-energy band-structure of electrons propagating on a lateral surface of a heterostructure consisting of three dimensional topological insulator (TI) and magnetic insulator layers has been calculated. The energy spectrum is highly…

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Dispersionless flat bands can be classified into two types: (1) non-singular flat bands whose eigenmodes are completely characterized by compact localized states; and (2) singular flat bands that have a discontinuity in their Bloch…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Pragalv Karki , Jayson Paulose

The explicit construction of non-dispersive flat band modes and the tunability of has been reported for a hierarchical 3-simplex fractal geometry. A single band tight binding Hamiltonian defined for the deterministic self-similar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-08 Atanu Nandy

The sublattice symmetry on a bipartite lattice is commonly regarded as the chiral symmetry in the AIII class of the tenfold Altland-Zirnbauer classification. Here, we reveal the spatial nature of sublattice symmetry, and show that this…

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