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Topological insulators are electronic materials that have a bulk band gap like an ordinary insulator, but have protected conducting states on their edge or surface. The 2D topological insulator is a quantum spin Hall insulator, which is a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 M. Z. Hasan , C. L. Kane

The emerging field of topology has brought device effects to a new level. Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) go beyond traditional descriptions of bulk-edge correspondence, broadening the understanding of topologically insulating…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-03 Hui Chang Li , Xiang Zhou , Hai Lin Chi , Wen Wen Wang , Yun Shen , Xiao Hua Deng

Higher Order Topological Insulators (HOTI) are $d$-spatial dimensional systems featuring topologically protected gap-less states at their $(d-n)$-dimensional boundaries. With the help of \textit{ab-initio} calculations and tight binding…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-09 Santosh Kumar Radha , Walter R. L. Lambrecht

Topological multipole insulators are a class of higher order topological insulators (HOTI) in which robust fractional corner charges appear due to a quantized electric multipole moment of the bulk. This bulk-corner correspondence has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 S. Franca , J. van den Brink , I. C. Fulga

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

Topology is being widely adopted to understand and to categorize quantum matter in modern physics. The nexus of topology orders, which engenders distinct quantum phases with benefits to both fundamental research and practical applications…

Momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetries, stemming from the projective algebra of synthetic gauge fields, can modify the manifold of the Brillouin zone and lead to a variety of topological phenomena. We present an acoustic realization of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-09-13 Jinbing Hu , Kai Zhou , Tianle Song , Xuntao Jiang , Songlin Zhuang , Yi Yang

The discovery of higher-order topological insulator (HOTI) has established a new paradigm for understanding symmetry-constrained boundary electronic states. Here, based on first-principles calculations, we demonstrate the emergence of HOTI…

Symmetry-protected topological phases of matter have challenged our understanding of condensed matter systems and harbour exotic phenomena promising to address major technological challenges. Considerable understanding of these phases of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-11-11 Ashley M. Cook , Joel E. Moore

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

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

One of the hallmarks of bulk topology is the existence of robust boundary localized states. For instance, a conventional $d$ dimensional topological system hosts $d{-}1$ dimensional surface modes, which are protected by non-spatial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Ruchira V Bhat , Soumya Bera

In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) across various disciplines within the field of physics. These unique phases are characterized by their ability to harbor topological protected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Chunbo Hua , Dong-Hui Xu

Higher-order topological insulator, as a newly found non-trivial material and structure, possesses a topological phase beyond the bulk-boundary correspondence. Here, we present an experimental observation of photonic higher-order…

Recently discovered photonic higher-order topological insulators enable unprecedented flexibility in the robust localization of light in structures of different dimensionality. While the potential of the two-dimensional systems is currently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Valerii I. Kachin , Maxim A. Gorlach

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

The exploration of topological phases remains a cutting-edge research frontier, driven by their promising potential for next-generation electronic and quantum technologies. In this work, we employ first-principles calculations and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-06 Sibin Lü , Jun Hu

Higher-order topological insulators have attracted significant interest in recent years. However, identifying a universal topological invariant capable of characterizing higher-order topology remains challenging. Here, we propose a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Yu-Long Zhang , Cheng-Ming Miao , Qing-Feng Sun , Jian-Jun Liu , Ying-Tao Zhang

Presence of entangled states is explicitly shown in Topological insulator (TI) $Bi_2Te_3$. The surface and bulk state are found to have the different structures of entanglement. The surface states live as maximally entangled states in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-04 Anvesh Raja Kovela , Anant Vijay Verma , Prasanta K. Panigrahi , Bhavesh Chauhan

Topological insulators are new class of materials which are characterized by a bulk band gap like ordinary band insulator but have protected conducting states on their edge or surface. These states emerge out due to the combination of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-18 Arijit Saha , Arun M. Jayannavar