摘要
二维Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(SSH)模型是在拓扑物理领域受到广泛研究的一种模型,具有许多独特的物理性质.它属于高阶拓扑绝缘体,在第二条和第三条能带间会产生具有连续谱束缚态(bound states in the continuum,BICs)性质的角态.本文首先介绍了二维SSH模型的拓扑性质,在此基础上论证了第二条和第三条能带何时会在整个布里渊区上产生能隙.随后,计算了模型的电荷极化分布和电荷密度分布,证明了当x方向上胞内跃迁几率和胞间跃迁几率较大时,x方向的边缘电荷极化激发了y方向的边缘态,反之亦然.同时,边缘电荷极化激发了角上的异常填充,产生了具有良好局域性与鲁棒性的拓扑角态.最后,构建了一种声学谐振腔模型,并证明了该模型可以较好的模拟各向异性二维SSH模型的拓扑性质.
The one-dimensional(1D)Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(SSH)chain is a model that has been widely studied in the field of topological physics.The two-dimensional(2D)SSH model is a 2D extension of the 1D SSH chain and has many unique physical properties.It is a higher-order topological insulator(HOTI),in which corner states with bound states in the continuum(BIC)properties will arise between the second energy band and the third energy band.There are two different topological phases in the isotropic 2D SSH model,and a topological phase transition will happen when the intracell coupling strength is equal to the inter cell coupling strength.In this paper,we first break the isotropy of the isotropic 2D SSH model,defining the ratio of the xdirectional coupling strength to the y-directional coupling strength asαand the ratio of the inter cell coupling strength to the intracell coupling strength asβ,which represent the strength of the topological property and anisotropy respectively.We useαandβto calibrate all possible models,classify them as three different types of phases,and draw their phase diagrams.Then we argue when the energy gap between the second energy band and the third energy band emerges over the entire Brillouin zone.Meanwhile,we use a method to calculate the spatial distribution of polarization when the model is halffilled,and it is shown that there is 1/2 polarization localized at the edges in the direction with larger intracell coupling,but no edge polarization in the other direction.The edge polarization excites the edge dipole moment,giving rise to a topological edge state in the energy gap.At the same time,when the model has an entire open boundary,the dipole moment directs the charge to accumulate on the corners,which can be observed from the local charge density distribution.This type of fractional charge is a filling anomaly and formed spontaneously by the lattice to maintain electrical neutrality and rotational symmetry simultaneously.This fractional charge induces the aforementioned corner state.And by its nature of filling anomaly,this corner state is better localized and robust.It will not couple with the bulk state as long as the rotational symmetry or chirality of the model is not broken.Finally,we construct an acoustic resonant cavity model:a rectangular shaped resonant cavity is used to simulate individual lattice points and the coupling strength between the lattice points is controlled by varying the diameter of the conduit between the resonant cavities.According to the Comsol calculation results,we can see that the topological properties of the anisotropic two-dimensional SSH model are well simulated by this model.
作者
郭思嘉
李昱增
李天梓
范喜迎
邱春印
Guo Si-Jia;Li Yu-Zeng;Li Tian-Zi;Fan Xi-Ying;Qiu Chun-Yin(School of Physics and Technology,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430072,China)
出处
《物理学报》
SCIE
EI
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2022年第7期2-11,共10页
Acta Physica Sinica
基金
国家自然科学基金(批准号:11890701)资助的课题。
关键词
拓扑相变
高阶拓扑绝缘体
分数电荷
topological phase transition
high-order topological insulator
fractional charge
作者简介
通信作者:邱春印.E-mail:cyqiu@whu.edu.cn。
