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We explore the critical properties of a topological transition in a two-dimensional, amorphous lattice with randomly distributed points. The model intrinsically breaks the time-reversal symmetry without an external magnetic field, akin to a…

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Within a relativistic quantum formalism we examine the role of second-order corrections caused by the application of magnetic fields in two-dimensional topological and Chern insulators. This allows to reach analytical expressions for the…

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Recently, it has been shown how topological phases of matter with crystalline symmetry and $U(1)$ charge conservation can be partially characterized by a set of many-body invariants, the discrete shift $\mathscr{S}_{\text{o}}$ and electric…

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The concept of Chern insulators is one of the most important buliding block of topological physics, enabling the quantum Hall effect without external magnetic fields. The construction of Chern insulators has been typically through an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Sungjong Woo , Seungbum Woo , Jung-Wan Ryu , Hee Chul Park

We propose characterization of the three-dimensional topological insulator by using the Chern number for the entanglement Hamiltonian (entanglement Chern number). Here we take the extensive spin partition of the system, that pulls out the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Hiromu Araki , Takahiro Fukui , Yasuhiro Hatsugai

A $U(1)$ gauge theory coupled to a Wilson fermion on a $2+1$ dimensional cubic lattice is known to exhibit Chern insulator like topological transitions as a function of the the ratio $M/R$ where $M$ is the fermion mass and $R$ is the Wilson…

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The realization of fractional Chern insulators opens up the possibility of exploring fractionally charged excitations and anyonic statistics in the absence of a magnetic field. One of the central questions is whether lattice-based systems…

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We present a pedagogical review of the physics of fractional Chern insulators with a particular focus on the connection to the fractional quantum Hall effect. While the latter conventionally arises in semiconductor heterostructures at low…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-05 S. A. Parameswaran , R. Roy , S. L. Sondhi

We propose a platform for flat Chern band by subjecting two-dimensional Dirac materials -- such as graphene and topological insulator thin films -- to a periodic magnetic field, which can be created by the vortex lattice of a type-II…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Junkai Dong , Jie Wang , Liang Fu

We survey various quantized bulk physical observables in two- and three-dimensional topological band insulators invariant under translational symmetry and crystallographic point group symmetries (PGS). In two-dimensional insulators, we show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-15 Chen Fang , Matthew J. Gilbert , B. Andrei Bernevig

We study multiplicative Chern insulators (MCIs) as canonical examples of multiplicative topological phases of matter. Constructing the MCI Bloch Hamiltonian as a symmetry-protected tensor product of two topologically non-trivial parent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Archi Banerjee , Ashley M. Cook

In the framework of Hofstadter`s approach we provide a detailed analysis of a realization of exotic topological states such as the Chern insulator with large Chern numbers. In a transverse homogeneous magnetic field a one-particle spectrum…

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The Chern number is a crucial topological invariant for distinguishing the phases of Chern insulators. Here we find that for Chern insulators with inversion symmetry, the Chern number alone is insufficient to fully characterize their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Yu-Hao Wan , Peng-Yi Liu , Qing-Feng Sun

Periodic networks composed of capacitors and inductors have been demonstrated to possess topological properties with respect to incident electromagnetic waves. Here, we develop an analogy between the mathematical description of waves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-12 Rafael Haenel , Timothy Branch , Marcel Franz

We propose a Chern insulator in a two-dimensional electron system with Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, ferromagnetism, and spin-dependent effective mass. The analytically-obtained topological phase diagrams show the topological phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-10 Rui-An Chang , Ching-Ray Chang

Manipulating the topological properties of insulators, encoded in invariants such as the Chern number and its generalizations, is now a major issue for realizing novel charge/spin responses in electron systems. We propose that a simple…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-06-30 Jun-ichi Inoue , Akihiro Tanaka

Magnetic multiple-$Q$ states consisting of multiple spin density waves are a source of unconventional topological spin textures, such as skyrmion and hedgehog. We theoretically investigate a topologically nontrivial double-$Q$ state with a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-23 Satoru Hayami

Topologically protected surface modes of classical waves hold the promise to enable a variety of applications ranging from robust transport of energy to reliable information processing networks. The integer quantum Hall effect has delivered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-25 Weiyin Deng , Xueqin Huang , Jiuyang Lu , Valerio Peri , Feng Li , Sebastian D. Huber , Zhengyou Liu

Despite sharing a common lattice structure, monolayer M$_2$X$_2$ compounds realize quantum anomalous Hall phases with distinct Chern numbers, a striking phenomenon that has not been fully exploared. Combining first-principles calculations…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-09 Zujian Dai , Xudong Zhu , Lixin He