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Odd-parity spin-splitting plays a central role in spintronics and unconventional superconductivity, yet its microscopic realization in collinear magnetic systems remains elusive. We propose a general symmetry-based strategy for realizing…

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Altermagnetism, recently spotlighted in condensed matter physics, presents captivating physical properties and holds promise for spintronics applications. This study delves into the theoretical description and categorization of…

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The discovery of altermagnetism offers new opportunities for exploring novel quantum states and developing spintronic devices for enabling momentum dependent spin splitting in compensated systems, while zero net magnetization limit its…

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The quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect has attracted extensive research interest because of the potential applications in spintronics and quantum computing, which is attributable to two conducting edge channels with opposite spin polarization…

Three dimensional (3D) topological insulators are novel states of quantum matter that feature spin-momentum locked helical Dirac fermions on their surfaces and hold promise to open new vistas in spintronics, quantum computing and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-07-30 Su-Yang Xu , L. A. Wray , Y. Xia , R. Shankar , A. Petersen , A. Fedorov , H. Lin , A. Bansil , Y. S. Hor , D. Grauer , R. J. Cava , M. Z. Hasan

Altermagnetism simultaneously possesses nonrelativistic spin responses and zero net magnetization, thus combining advantages of ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. This superiority originates from its unique dual feature, i.e.,…

Topological photonics revolutionizes some of the traditional approaches to light propagation and manipulation, and it provides unprecedented means for developing novel photonic devices. Recently discovered higher-order topological phases go…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 Yafeng Chen , Fei Meng , Yuri Kivshar , Baohua Jia , Xiaodong Huang

Recent studies on the magneto-transport properties of topological insulators (TI) have attracted great attention due to the rich spin-orbit physics and promising applications in spintronic devices. Particularly the strongly spin-moment…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-08-23 Jiahao Han , A. Richardella , Saima Siddiqui , Joseph Finley , N. Samarth , Luqiao Liu

We study spintronics and spincaloritronics in topological insulators. We show spintronics effects in 2D topological insulator junctions and 3D topological insulators coupled to ferromagnets. We also investigate spin polarization on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Takehito Yokoyama , Shuichi Murakami

Altermagnetism, a recently discovered magnetic phase characterized by spin-split bands without net magnetization, has emerged as promising platform for novel physics and potential applications. However, its stability against…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Chang-An Li , Bo Fu , Huaiming Guo , Björn Trauzettel , Song-Bo Zhang

Based on first-principles calculations combined with theoretical analysis, we identify a family of monolayer chromium-based group-IV chalcogenides as a new class of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs).…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-13 Ruo-Yu Ning , Yong-Kun Wang , Shifeng Qian , Si Li , Wen-Li Yang

We realize an elastic second-order topological insulator hosting both one-dimensional gapped edge states and zero-dimensional in-gap corner modes in the double-sided pillared phononic crystal plates with square lattice. Changing the width…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Shao-yong Huo , Hong-bo Huang , Lu-yang Feng , Jiu-jiu Chen

The higher order topological insulator (HOTI) has enticed enormous research interests owing to its novelty in supporting gapless states along the hinges of the crystal. Despite several theoretical predictions, enough experimental…

Electric circuits are known to realize topological quadrupole insulators. We explore electric circuits made of capacitors and inductors forming the breathing Kagome and pyrochlore lattices. They are known to possess three phases (trivial…

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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…

We theoretically demonstrate hybrid-order topology in a two-dimensional nonsymmorphic antiferromagnet. Utilizing a generic antiferromagnetic Dirac model with a symmetry-allowed, momentum-dependent spin-density-wave (SDW) mass, we show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-11 Wei Xiong , Zi-Ming Wang , Xin-Mei Wei , Rui Wang , Dong-Hui Xu

We propose and analyse an efficient scheme for simulating higher-order topological phases of matter in two dimensional (2D) spin-phononic crystal networks. We show that, through a specially designed periodic driving, one can selectively…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-20 Xiao-Xiao Li , Peng-Bo Li

Quadrupole topological insulators are a new class of topological insulators with quantized quadrupole moments, which support protected gapless corner states. The experimental demonstrations of quadrupole-topological insulators were reported…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-01 Bo Lv , Rui Chen , Rujiang Li , Chunying Guan , Bin Zhou , Guohua Dong , Chao Zhao , YiCheng Li , Ying Wang , Huibin Tao , Jinhui Shi , Dong-Hui Xu

We theoretically propose a second-order topological magnon insulator by stacking the van der Waals honeycomb ferromagnets with antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling. The system exhibits Z$_{2}$ topological phase, protected by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 Yun-Mei Li , Ya-Jie Wu , Xi-Wang Luo , Yongwei Huang , Kai Chang

High-order topological insulators are a recent development extending the topological theory of charge polarization to higher multipole moments. Since their theoretical proposal, several experimental realizations of high-order topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Marc Serra-Garcia , Roman Süsstrunk , Sebastian D. Huber