Quantized Berry winding from an emergent $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$ symmetry

Abstract

Linear crossing of energy bands occur in a wide variety of materials. In this paper we address the question of the quantization of the Berry winding characterizing the topology of these crossings in dimension $D=2$. Based on the historical example of $2$-bands crossing occuring in graphene, we propose to relate these Berry windings to the topological Chern number of a $D=3$ dimensional extension of these crossings. This dimensional embedding is obtained through a choice of a gap-opening potential. We show that the presence of an (emergent) $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$ symmetry, local in momentum and antiunitary, allows us to relate $D=3$ Chern numbers to $D=2$ Berry windings quantized as multiple of $\pi$. We illustrate this quantization mechanism on a variety of three-band crossings.

arXiv comment25 pages including appendices and references, 4 figures

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