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To realize novel topological phases and to pursue potential applications in low-energy consumption spintronics, the study of magnetic topological materials is of great interest. Starting from the theory of nonmagnetic topological quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-03 Jiacheng Gao , Zhaopeng Guo , Hongming Weng , Zhijun Wang

Ferromagnetic honeycomb systems are known to exhibit a magnonic topological phase under the existence of the next-nearest neighbor Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Motivated by the recent progress in the sublattice-specific control…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Hongsoek Kim , Se Kwon Kim

This work describes topological magnon transport in zigzag CrI$_3$ nanoribbons (ZNR) in presence of edge strain. Exchange coupling terms under strain are obtained from first-principles calculations, and the topological properties are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 David Sanz Ruiz , David Soriano

Resonant parametric modulation is a major tool of studying magnetic systems. For a spin-1/2 chain in a strong magnetic field, the resulting excitations can be mapped on fermionic excitations in the Kitaev chain. We show that the response to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Mahmoud T. Elewa , M. I. Dykman

We develop a symmetry indicator framework to efficiently predict the topology of superlattice-induced minibands with spin-orbit coupling. Our algorithm requires input only from the parent material before the superlattice is applied. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 M. Nabil Y. Lhachemi , Valentin Crépel , Jennifer Cano

While the existence of a magnetic field induced quantum spin liquid in Kitaev magnets remains under debate, its topological properties often extend to proximal phases where they can lead to unusual behaviors of both fundamental and applied…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-21 Li Ern Chern , Claudio Castelnovo

The characterization and manipulation of deposited magnetic clusters or molecules on surfaces is a prerequisite for their future utilization. In recent years techniques like spin-flip inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy using a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-03-25 H. -T. Langwald , J. Schnack

We demonstrate that nontrivial multiband topological invariants of electronic wavefunctions can be revealed through orbital magnetization responses to external magnetic fields. We find that decomposing orbital magnetization into energetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Chun Wang Chau , Robert-Jan Slager , Wojciech J. Jankowski

We investigate the spin transport properties of a topological magnon insulator, a magnetic insulator characterized by topologically nontrivial bulk magnon bands and protected magnon edge modes located in the bulk band gaps. Employing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-21 Andreas Rückriegel , Arne Brataas , Rembert A. Duine

Two-dimensional electron dispersions with peculiar band crossings provide a platform for realizing topological phases of matter. Here we theoretically show that the $e_g$-orbital manifold of honeycomb-layered transition metal compounds…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-09 Yusuke Sugita , Yukitoshi Motome

The chiral central charge $c_-$ is a key topological invariant of the edge characterizing the bulk two-dimensional chiral topological order, but its direct evaluation in microscopic spin models has long been a challenge, especially for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-08 Avijit Maity , Aman Kumar , Vikram Tripathi

We study a topological phase diagram of a ferromagnetic topological nodal semimetal. We consider a lattice model for three-dimensional topological insulators with ferromagnetic ordering. The exchange coupling between the magnetization and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-04 Yuya Ominato , Ai Yamakage , Kentaro Nomura

Mott insulators with strong spin-orbit coupling have been proposed to host unconventional magnetic states, including the Kitaev quantum spin liquid. The 4$d$ system $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ has recently come into view as a candidate Kitaev system,…

Chiral symmetry plays an indispensable role in topological classifications as well as in the understanding of the origin of bulk or boundary flat bands. The conventional definition of chiral symmetry refers to the existence of a constant…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-05 Yijie Mo , Xiao-Jiao Wang , Rui Yu , Zhongbo Yan

Controlling edge states of topological magnon insulators is a promising route to stable spintronics devices. However, to experimentally ascertain the topology of magnon bands is a challenging task. Here we derive a fundamental relation…

We show that refined Chern-Simons theory and large N duality can be used to study the refined topological string with and without branes. We derive the refined topological vertex of hep-th/0701156 and hep-th/0502061 from a link invariant of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-10-11 Mina Aganagic , Shamil Shakirov

A spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ subsystem conjoined along a cut with a subsystem of spinless fermions in the state of topological insulator is studied on a honeycomb lattice. The model describes a junction between a 2D topological insulator and a 2D…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-27 Igor O. Slieptsov , Igor N. Karnaukhov

The search for topological insulators has been actively promoted in the field of condensed matter physics for further development in energy-efficient information transmission and processing. In this context, recent studies have revealed…

Topological magnons have garnered significant interest for their potential in both fundamental research and device applications, owing to their exotic, uncharged, yet topologically protected boundary modes. However, their comprehension has…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-15 Xiaobing Chen , Yuntian Liu , Pengfei Liu , Yutong Yu , Jun Ren , Jiayu Li , Ao Zhang , Qihang Liu

Semimetals, in which conduction and valence bands touch but do not form Fermi surfaces, have attracted considerable interest for their anomalous properties starting with the discovery of Dirac matter in graphene and other two-dimensional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-09-11 Dennis Wawrzik , David Lindner , Maria Hermanns , Simon Trebst