Recipe for higher-order topology on the triangular lattice
arXiv:2207.01359 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.107.115130
Abstract
We present a recipe for an electronic 2D higher order topological insulator (HOTI) on the triangular lattice that can be realized in a large family of materials. The essential ingredient is mirror symmetry breaking, which allows for a finite quadrupole moment and trivial index. The competition between spin-orbit coupling and the symmetry breaking terms gives rise to four topologically distinct phases; the HOTI phase appears when symmetry breaking dominates, including in the absence of spin-orbit coupling. We identify triangular monolayer adsorbate systems on the (111) surface of zincblende/diamond type substrates as ideal material platforms and predict the HOTI phase for (Al,B,Ga) on SiC.
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