Topological Mirror Insulators in One Dimension

Abstract

We demonstrate the existence of topological insulators in one dimension protected by mirror and time-reversal symmetries. They are characterized by a nontrivial ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ topological invariant defined in terms of the "partial" polarizations, which we show to be quantized in presence of a 1D mirror point. The topological invariant determines the generic presence or absence of integer boundary charges at the mirror-symmetric boundaries of the system. We check our findings against spin-orbit coupled Aubry-André-Harper models that can be realized, e.g. in cold-atomic Fermi gases loaded in one-dimensional optical lattices or in density- and Rashba spin-orbit-modulated semiconductor nanowires. In this setup, in-gap end-mode Kramers doublets appearing in the topologically non-trivial state effectively constitute a double-quantum-dot with spin-orbit coupling.

10 pages, 6 figures (revised version)

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