2018/01/31 by Max Geier, Luka Trifunovic, Max Hoskam +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.97.205135
published as Phys. Rev. B 97, 205135 (2018) · 36 pages, 18 figures
arxiv created 2018/07/04 · arxiv updated 2018/07/05
Second-order topological insulators and superconductors have a gapped excitation spectrum in bulk and along boundaries, but protected zero modes at corners of a two-dimensional crystal or protected gapless modes at hinges of a three-dimensional crystal. A second-order topological phase can be induced by the presence of a bulk crystalline symmetry. Building on Shiozaki and Sato's complete classification of bulk crystalline phases with an order-two crystalline symmetry [Phys. Rev. B \bf 90, 165114 (2014)], such as mirror reflection, twofold rotation, or inversion symmetry, we classify all corresponding second-order topological insulators and superconductors. The classification also includes antiunitary symmetries and antisymmetries.