Dislocation charges reveal two-dimensional topological crystalline invariants

作者:van Miert Guido*; Ortix Carmine
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2018, 97(20): 201111.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.201111

摘要

We identify a one-to-one correspondence between the charge localized around a dislocation characterized by a generic Burgers vector and the Berry phase associated with the electronic Bloch waves of two-dimensional crystalline insulators. Using this correspondence, we reveal a link between dislocation charges and the topological invariants of inversion and rotation symmetry-protected insulating phases both in the absence and in the presence of time-reversal symmetry. Our findings demonstrate that dislocation charges can be used as generic probes of crystalline topologies.

  • 出版日期2018-5-18