The One-dimensional Chiral Anomaly and its Disorder Response
arXiv:2302.13556 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.108.195103
Abstract
The condensed-matter realization of chiral anomaly has attracted tremendous interest in exploring unexpected phenomena of quantum field theory. Here, we show that one-dimensional (1D) chiral anomaly (i.e., 1D nonconservational chiral current under a background electromagnetic field) can be realized in a generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model where a single gapless Dirac cone occurs. Based on the topological Thouless pump and anomalous dynamics of chiral displacement, we elucidate that such a system possesses the half-integer quantization of winding number. Moreover, we investigate the evolution of 1D chiral anomaly with respect to two typical types of disorder, i.e., on-site disorder and bond disorder. The results show that the on-site disorder tends to smear the gapless Dirac cone. However, we propose a strategy to stabilize the half-integer quantization, facilitating its experimental detection. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the bond disorder causes a unique crossover with disorder-enhanced topological charge pumping, driving the system into a topological Anderson insulator phase.
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