Bulk-edge correspondence with generalized chiral symmetry
Abstract
The bulk-edge correspondence in topological phases is extended to systems with the generalized chiral symmetry, where the conventional chiral symmetry is broken. In such systems, we find that the edge state exhibits an unconventional behavior in the presence of the symmetry breaking by the mass, which is explored explicitly in the case of a deformed Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. The localization length of the edge states diverges at a certain critical mass, where the edge state touches the bulk band. The edge state is specified by an imaginary wave vector that becomes real at the touching energy.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- May 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.205306
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2011.09164
- Bibcode:
- 2021PhRvB.103t5306K
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- 11 pages, 9 figures