Bulk-edge and bulk-hinge correspondence in inversion-symmetric insulators

Abstract

We show that a slab of a three-dimensional inversion-symmetric higher-order topological insulator (HOTI) in class A is a 2D Chern insulator, and that in class AII is a 2D $Z_2$ topological insulator. We prove it by considering a process of cutting the three-dimensional inversion-symmetric HOTI along a plane, and study the spectral flow in the cutting process. We show that the $Z_4$ indicators, which characterize three-dimensional inversion-symmetric HOTIs in classes A and AII, are directly related to the $Z_2$ indicators for the corresponding two-dimensional slabs with inversion symmetry, i.e. the Chern number parity and the $Z_2$ topological invariant, for classes A and AII respectively. The existence of the gapless hinge states is understood from the conventional bulk-edge correspondence between the slab system and its edge states. Moreover, we also show that the spectral-flow analysis leads to another proof of the bulk-edge correspondence in one- and two-dimensional inversion-symmetric insulators.

arXiv comment17 pages, 14 figures

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