Counter-propagating edge states in Floquet topological insulating phases

Abstract

Nonequilibrium Floquet topological phases due to periodic driving are known to exhibit rich and interesting features with no static analogs. Various known topological invariants usually proposed to characterize static topological systems often fail to fully characterize Floquet topological phases. This fact has motivated extensive studies of Floquet topological phases to better understand nonequilibrium topological phases and to explore their possible applications. Here we present a theoretically simple Floquet topological insulating system that may possess an arbitrary number of counter-propagating chiral edge states. Further investigation into our system reveals another related feature by tuning the same set of system parameters, namely, the emergence of almost flat (dispersionless) edge modes. In particular, we employ two-terminal conductance and dynamical winding numbers to characterize counter-propagating chiral edge states. We further demonstrate the robustness of such edge states against symmetry preserving disorder. Finally, we identify an emergent chiral symmetry at certain sub-regimes of the Brillouin zone that can explain the presence of almost flat edge modes. Our results have exposed more interesting possibilities in Floquet topological matter.

arXiv comment13 pages, 6 figures, one error corrected. To appear in Physical Review B

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