Edge State, Band Topology, and Time Boundary Effect in the Fine-Grained Categorization of Chern Insulators

Abstract

We predict novel topological phases with broken time-reversal symmetry supporting the coexistence of opposite chiral edge states, which are fundamentally different from the photonic spin-Hall, valley-Hall, and higher-order topological phases. We find a fine-grained categorization of Chern insulators, their band topologies characterized by identical Chern number are completely different. Furthermore, we prove that different topologies cause zeros in their Bloch wavefunction overlaps, which imprint the band gap closing and appear at the degenerate points of topological phase transition. The Bloch wavefunction overlaps predict the reflection and refraction at a topological time boundary, and the overlap zeros ensure the existence of vanishing revival amplitude at critical times even though different topologies before and after the time boundary have identical Chern number. Our findings create new opportunities for topological metamaterials, uncover the topological feature hidden in the time boundary effect as a probe of topology, and open a venue for the exploration of the rich physics originating from the long-range couplings.

arXiv comment8 pages, 5 figures

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