Hourglass Fermions

Abstract

Spatial symmetries in crystals are distinguished by whether they preserve the spatial origin. We show how this basic geometric property gives rise to a new topology in band insulators. We study spatial symmetries that translate the origin by a fraction of the lattice period, and find that these nonsymmorphic symmetries protect a novel surface fermion whose dispersion is shaped like an hourglass; surface bands connect one hourglass to the next in an unbreakable zigzag pattern. These exotic fermions are materialized in the large-gap insulators: KHgX (X=As,Sb,Bi), which we propose as the first material class whose topology relies on nonsymmorphic symmetries. Beside the hourglass fermion, another surface of KHgX manifests a 3D generalization of the quantum spin Hall effect, which has only been observed in 2D crystals. To describe the bulk topology of nonsymmorphic crystals, we propose a non-Abelian generalization of the geometric theory of polarization. Our nontrivial topology originates from an inversion of the rotational quantum numbers, which we propose as a fruitful criterion in the search for topological materials.

Published in Nature 532,189-194 (14 April 2016). Press release can be found here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/pu-est041316.php

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