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Higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) hold gapped bulk bands and topological boundary states localized in boundaries with codimension higher than one. In this paper, we provide a unified construction and topological characterization of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-09 Zhoutao Lei , Yuangang Deng , Linhu Li

Two-dimensional higher-order topology is usually studied in (nearly) particle-hole symmetric models, so that an edge gap can be opened within the bulk one. But more often deviates the edge anticrossing even into the bulk, where corner…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 Junjie Zeng , Chen Chen , Yafei Ren , Zheng Liu , Wei Ren , Zhenhua Qiao

The bulk-boundary correspondence is a generic feature of topological states of matter, reflecting the intrinsic relation between topological bulk and boundary states. For example, robust edge states propagate along the edges and corner…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Ai-Lei He , Wei-Wei Luo , Yuan Zhou , Yi-Fei Wang , Hong Yao

We study various Mott insulating phases of interacting spin-3/2 fermionic ultracold atoms in two-dimensional square optical lattices at half filling. Using a generalized one-band Hubbard model with hidden SO(5) symmetry, we identify two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 Hong-Hao Tu , Guang-Ming Zhang , Lu Yu

We show that a slab of a three-dimensional inversion-symmetric higher-order topological insulator (HOTI) in class A is a 2D Chern insulator, and that in class AII is a 2D $Z_2$ topological insulator. We prove it by considering a process of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Ryo Takahashi , Yutaro Tanaka , Shuichi Murakami

We theoretically investigate a two-dimensional decorated honeycomb lattice framework to realize a second-order topological magnon insulator (SOTMI) phase featuring distinct corner-localized modes. Our study emphasizes the pivotal role of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Sayak Bhowmik , Saikat Banerjee , Arijit Saha

The physics of the triangular lattice Hubbard model exhibits a rich phenomenology, ranging from a metal-insulator transition, intriguing thermodynamic behavior, and a putative spin liquid phase at intermediate coupling, ultimately becoming…

Higher-order topological insulators have triggered great interests because of exhibitions of non-trivial bulk topology on lower-dimensional boundaries like corners and hinges. While such interesting phases have been investigated in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 Ya-Jie Wu , Wen He , Ning Li , Zhitong Li , Junpeng Hou

We study roles of electron correlations on topological insulators on the honeycomb lattice with the spin-orbit interaction. Accurate variational Monte Carlo calculations show that the increasing on-site Coulomb interactions cause a strong…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-05-24 Youhei Yamaji , Masatoshi Imada

Spin-orbit coupled materials have attracted revived prominent research interest as of late, especially due their direct connection with topological notions. Arguably, a hallmark of this pursuit is formed by the concept of the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-29 Robert-Jan Slager

We study the boundary nature of trapped bosonic Mott insulators in optical square lattices, by performing quantum Monte Carlo simulation. We show that a finite superfluid density generally emerges in the incommensurate-filling (IC) boundary…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-26 Takafumi Suzuki , Masahiro Sato

Topological invariants are a significant ingredient in the study of topological phases of matter that intertwines the supposedly contradicting concepts of bulk and boundary. The nature of the invariants differ depending on the dimension of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Srijata Lahiri , Saurabh Basu

Topologically protected edge states are the highlight feature of an interface between non-equivalent insulators. The robustness/sensitivity of these states to local single-particle perturbations is well understood, while their stability in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-18 Jan Skolimowski , Wojciech Brzezicki

It is well known that a Bosonic Mott insulator can be realized by condensing vortices of a bo- son condensate. Usually, a vortex becomes an anti-vortex (and vice-versa) under time reversal symmetry, and the condensation of vortices results…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-01-07 Zheng-Xin Liu , Zheng-Cheng Gu , Xiao-Gang Wen

Higher-order topological insulators have attracted considerable interests as a novel topological phase of matter, where topologically non-trivial nature of bulk protects boundary states whose co-dimension is larger than one. It has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-23 Tomonari Mizoguchi , Hiromu Araki , Yasuhiro Hatsugai

Using a systematic relation between topological gapless phases in three dimensions and topological gapped phases in two dimensions, we identify four types of higher-order topological semimetals or nodal superconductors (HOTS), hosting (i)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-07 Sophia Simon , Max Geier , Piet W. Brouwer

Higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) feature protected gapless modes on boundaries of higher codimension, such as the corners or hinges of a crystal. They are understood as being protected by lattice symmetries: If the latter are broken,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Shahroze Shahab , Hui Liu , Daniel Varjas , Ion Cosma Fulga

We study topology in gapless phases of an interacting spinful model with spin-charge separation. We focus on the gapless boundaries between $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry-breaking phases. We find two topologically non-trivial gapless states that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-27 Polina Matveeva , Dmitri Gutman , Sam T. Carr

We introduce higher order polariton topological insulator (HOTI) realized with fractal array of microcavity pillars arranged into Sierpinski gasket-like geometry. This system exhibiting self similarity in different generations, can support…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-27 Khalil Sabour , Yaroslav V. Kartashov

Higher-order topological~(HOT) states,~hosting topologically protected modes on lower-dimensional boundaries,~such as hinges and corners, have recently extended the realm of the static topological phases.~Here we demonstrate the possibility…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Tanay Nag , Vladimir Juricic , Bitan Roy