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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

The system of spinless fermions on a hexagonal lattice is studied . We have considered tight-binding model with the hopping integrals between the nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor lattice sites, that depend on the direction of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-27 Igor N. Karnaukhov

The properties of topological systems are inherently tied to their dimensionality. Higher-dimensional physical systems exhibit topological properties not shared by their lower dimensional counterparts and, in general, offer richer physics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-16 Kai Chen , Matthew Weiner , Mengyao Li , Xiang Ni , Andrea Alù , Alexander B. Khanikaev

Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) represent a family of topological phases that go beyond the conventional bulkboundary correspondence. d-dimensional n-th order HOTIs maintain (d - n)-dimensional gapless boundary states (in…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-12 Rujiang Li , Wencai Wang , Yongtao Jia , Ying Liu , Pengfei Li , Boris A. Malomed

Quasi-1D materials Bi$_{4}$X$_{4}$ (X=Br,I) are prototype weak topological insulators (TI) in the $\beta$ phase. For the $\alpha$ phases, recent high-throughput database screening suggests that Bi$_{4}$Br$_{4}$ is a rare higher-order TI…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-01 Chiho Yoon , Cheng-Cheng Liu , Hongki Min , Fan Zhang

Correlated physics in nearly flat topological bands is a central theme in the study of moir\'e materials. While ground states at integer fillings are typically identified as quantum Hall ferromagnets within a Hartree-Fock framework, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-07 Boran Zhou , Ya-Hui Zhang

The Haldane model is a standard tight-binding model describing electrons hopping on a hexagonal lattice subject to a transverse, dipolar magnetic field. We consider its interacting version for values of the interaction strength that are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-13 Simone Fabbri , Alessandro Giuliani , Robin Reuvers

We study the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model with an additional inversion-symmetry-breaking term. Using the topological Hamiltonian approach, we calculate the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ invariant of the system as function of spin-orbit coupling, Hubbard…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-12-14 Robert Triebl , Markus Aichhorn

We study the extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with both the nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor hopping strengths being cyclically modulated and find the family of the model system exhibiting topologically nontrivial phases, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-13 Linhu Li , Zhihao Xu , Shu Chen

In this letter we study the Haldane model with on-site repulsive interactions at half-filling. We show that the mean-field Hamiltonian with magnetic order effectively modifies parameters in the Haldane Hamiltonian, such as sublattice energy…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-11-10 Wei Zheng , Huitao Shen , Zhong Wang , Hui Zhai

While the recent advances in topology have led to a classification scheme for electronic bands described by the standard theory of metals, a similar scheme has not emerged for strongly correlated systems such as Mott insulators in which a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-18 Peizhi Mai , Benjamin E. Feldman , Philip W. Phillips

We study a bilayer Kane-Mele-Hubbard model with lattice distortion and inter-layer spin exchange interaction under cylinder geometry. Our analysis based on real-space dynamical mean field theory with continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-07 Tsuneya Yoshida , Norio Kawakami

Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) are described by symmetric exponentially decayed Wannier functions at some $necessary$ unoccupied Wyckoff positions and classified as obstructed atomic insulators (OAIs) in the topological quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-27 Da-Shuai Ma , Kejun Yu , Xiao-Ping Li , Xiaoyuan Zhou , Rui Wang

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has recently become a thriving material platform realizing correlated electron phenomena taking place within its topological flat bands. Several numerical and analytical methods have been applied to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-17 Bin-Bin Chen , Yuan Da Liao , Ziyu Chen , Oskar Vafek , Jian Kang , Wei Li , Zi Yang Meng

Symmetry-protected topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) have primarily been characterized by their gapless boundary states. However, in time-reversal- ($\mathcal{T}$-) invariant (helical) 3D TCI$\unicode{x2014}$termed higher-order TCIs…

In this paper we give the full microscopic derivation of the model Hamiltonian for the three dimensional topological insulators in the $Bi_2Se_3$ family of materials ($Bi_2Se_3$, $Bi_2Te_3$ and $Sb_2Te_3$). We first give a physical picture…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 Chao-Xing Liu , Xiao-Liang Qi , HaiJun Zhang , Xi Dai , Zhong Fang , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Using dynamical mean-field theory and exact diagonalization we study the phase diagram of the repulsive Haldane-Hubbard model, varying the interaction strength and the sublattice potential difference. In addition to the quantum Hall phase…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-06-08 Tuomas I. Vanhala , Topi Siro , Long Liang , Matthias Troyer , Ari Harju , Päivi Törmä

I consider higher-order topological insulator (HOTI) created in chi(2) nonlinear medium and based on two-dimensional generalization of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger waveguide array, where transition between trivial and topological phases is…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-03 Yaroslav V. Kartashov

We present an ab initio analysis of a continuous Hamiltonian that maps into the celebrated Haldane model. The tunnelling coefficients of the tight-binding model are computed by means of two independent methods - one based on the maximally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-23 Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz , Asier Eiguren , Aitor Bergara , Giulio Pettini , Michele Modugno

We show that the bulk-boundary correspondence for topological insulators can be modified in the presence of non-Hermiticity. We consider a one-dimensional tight-binding model with gain and loss as well as long-range hopping. The system is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-04 Tony E. Lee