Topological phase transition between a normal insulator and a topological metal state in a quasi-one-dimensional system

Abstract We theoretically report the finding of a new kind of topological phase transition between a normal insulator and a topological metal state where the closing-reopening of bandgap is accompanied by passing the Fermi level through an additional band. The resulting nontrivial topological metal...

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Autores principales: Milad Jangjan, Mir Vahid Hosseini
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/db392fe52cf0464aa7556d49ca35ad51
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Sumario:Abstract We theoretically report the finding of a new kind of topological phase transition between a normal insulator and a topological metal state where the closing-reopening of bandgap is accompanied by passing the Fermi level through an additional band. The resulting nontrivial topological metal phase is characterized by stable zero-energy localized edge states that exist within the full gapless bulk states. Such states living on a quasi-one-dimensional system with three sublattices per unit cell are protected by hidden inversion symmetry. While other required symmetries such as chiral, particle-hole, or full inversion symmetry are absent in the system.