Magnetic second-order topological insulators and semimetals

Motohiko Ezawa
Phys. Rev. B 97, 155305 – Published 17 April 2018

Abstract

We propose magnetic second-order topological insulators (SOTIs). First, we study a three-dimensional model. It is pointed out that the previously proposed topological hinge insulator has actually surface states along the [001] direction in addition to hinge states. We gap out these surface states by introducing magnetization, obtaining a SOTI only with hinge states. The bulk topological number is the Z2 index protected by the combined symmetry of the fourfold rotation and the inversion symmetry. We next study two-dimensional magnetic SOTIs, where the corner states are robust also in the presence of the magnetization. Finally, we construct a magnetic second-order topological semimetal by layering the two-dimensional magnetic SOTIs, where hinge-arc states are robust also in the presence of the magnetization.

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  • Received 11 February 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155305

©2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Motohiko Ezawa

  • Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, 113-8656, Japan

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Vol. 97, Iss. 15 — 15 April 2018

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