Tutorial: computing topological invariants in 2D photonic crystals

M Blanco de Paz, C Devescovi… - Advanced Quantum …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The field of topological photonics emerged as one of the most promising areas for
applications in transformative technologies: possible applications are in topological lasers or …

Wannier-function software ecosystem for materials simulations

A Marrazzo, S Beck, ER Margine, N Marzari… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Over the past two decades, following the early developments on maximally localized
Wannier functions, an ecosystem of electronic-structure simulation techniques and software …

Topological phase transitions in disordered electric quadrupole insulators

CA Li, B Fu, ZA Hu, J Li, SQ Shen - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We investigate disorder-driven topological phase transitions in quantized electric
quadrupole insulators in two dimensions. We show that chiral symmetry can protect the …

Higher-order Floquet topological phases with corner and bulk bound states

M Rodriguez-Vega, A Kumar, B Seradjeh - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We report the theoretical discovery and characterization of higher-order Floquet topological
phases dynamically generated in a periodically driven system with mirror symmetries. We …

Superfluid weight bounds from symmetry and quantum geometry in flat bands

J Herzog-Arbeitman, V Peri, F Schindler, SD Huber… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
Flat-band superconductivity has theoretically demonstrated the importance of band topology
to correlated phases. In two dimensions, the superfluid weight, which determines the critical …

Model-free characterization of topological edge and corner states in mechanical networks

M Guzman, X Guo, C Coulais… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Topological materials can host edge and corner states that are protected from disorder and
material imperfections. In particular, the topological edge states of mechanical structures …

Dirac equation perspective on higher-order topological insulators

F Schindler - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this Tutorial, we pedagogically review recent developments in the field of non-interacting
fermionic phases of matter, focusing on the low-energy description of higher-order …

Symmetry indicators for inversion-symmetric non-Hermitian topological band structures

PM Vecsei, MM Denner, T Neupert, F Schindler - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We characterize non-Hermitian band structures by symmetry indicator topological invariants.
Enabled by crystalline inversion symmetry, these indicators allow us to short-cut the …

Winding number and Zak phase in multi-band SSH models

CS Lee, IF Io, H Kao - Chinese Journal of Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
We use multi-band SSH models to demonstrate a prescription for calculating the correct Zak
phase and winding number of multi-band systems. We verify our prescription by comparing …

Interacting second-order topological insulators in one-dimensional fermions with correlated hop**

A Montorsi, U Bhattacharya, D González-Cuadra… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Higher-order topological crystalline phases in low-dimensional interacting quantum systems
represent a challenging and largely unexplored research topic. Here, we derive a …