Proxy ensemble geometric phase and proxy index of time-reversal invariant topological insulators at finite temperatures

Abstract

The ensemble geometric phase (EGP) has been proposed as a topological indicator for finite-temperatures systems. The ensemble Wilson loop, or the transfer matrix, contains the crucial information in the EGP construction. We propose a proxy index and a proxy EGP directly from the transfer matrix and apply them to time-reversal invariant topological insulators exemplified by the Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang (BHZ) and Kane-Mele (KM) models. The quantized proxy index and proxy EGP smoothly generalize the ground-state topological index to finite temperatures. For the BHZ model, a comparison with another topological indicator, the Uhlmann phase, shows different transition behavior with temperature. For the KM model, the EGP have been generalized to the time-reversal EGP previously, but the proxy EGP does not require any splitting of the contributions. The proxy index and proxy EGP thus offer an efficient means for characterizing finite-temperature topological properties.

arXiv comment11 pages, 7 figures, submitted

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