Interface currents and corner states in magnetic quarter-plane systems

Abstract

We study the propagation of currents along the interface of two $2$-$d$ magnetic systems, where one of them occupies the first quadrant of the plane. By considering the tight-binding approximation model and K-theory, we prove that, for an integer number that is given by the difference of two bulk topological invariants of each individual system, such interface currents are quantized. We further state the necessary conditions to produce corner states for these kinds of underlying systems, and we show that they have topologically protected asymptotic invariants.

arXiv comment34 pages, 1 figure. Keywords: Quarter-plane algebra, K-theory, interface currents, corner states