The existence of robust edge currents in Sierpinsky Fractals
arXiv:1906.07387 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013044
Abstract
We investigate the Hall conductivity in a Sierpinski carpet, a fractal of Hausdorff dimension , subject to a perpendicular magnetic field. We compute the Hall conductivity using linear response and the recursive Green function method. Our main finding is that edge modes, corresponding to a maximum Hall conductivity of at least , seems to be generically present for arbitrary finite field strength, no mater how one approaches the thermodynamic limit of the fractal. We discuss a simple counting rule to determine the maximal number of edge modes in terms of paths through the system with a fixed width. This quantized edge conductance, as in the case of the conventional Hofstadter problem, is stable with respect to disorder and thus a robust feature of the system.
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