Inversion symmetric non-Hermitian Chern insulator

Abstract

We propose a two-dimensional non-Hermitian Chern insulator with inversion symmetry, which is anisotropic and has staggered gain and loss in both x and y directions. In this system, conventional bulk-boundary correspondence holds. The Chern number is a topological invariant that accurately predicts the topological phase transition and the existence of helical edge states in the topologically nontrivial gapped phase. In the gapless phase, the band touching points are isolated and protected by the symmetry. The degenerate points alter the system topology, and the exceptional points can destroy the existence of helical edge states. Topologically protected helical edge states exist in the gapless phase for the system under open boundary condition in one direction, which are predicted by the winding number associated with the vector field of average values of Pauli matrices. The winding number also identifies the detaching points between the edge states and the bulk states in the energy bands. The non-Hermiticity also supports a topological phase with zero Chern number, where a pair of in-gap helical edge states exists. Our findings provide insights into the symmetry protected non-Hermitian topological insulators.

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