2019/11/13 by Jiacheng Bao, Deyuan Zou, Weixuan Zhang +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.app-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.100.201406
Physical Review B Rapid Communication
arxiv created 2019/11/13 · arxiv updated 2020/01/08
Recent theoretical studies have extended the Berry phase framework to account for higher electric multipole moments, quadrupole and octupole topological phases have been proposed. Although the two-dimensional quantized quadrupole insulators have been demonstrated experimentally, octupole topological phases have not previously been observed experimentally. Here we report on the experimental realization of classical analog of octupole topological insulator in the electric circuit system. Three-dimensional topolectrical circuits for realizing such topological phases are constructed experimentally. We observe octupole topological states protected by the topology of the bulk, which are localized at the corners. Our results provide conclusive evidence of a form of robustness against disorder and deformation, which is characteristic of octupole topological insulators. Our study opens a new route toward higher-order topological phenomena in three-dimensions and paves the way for employing topolectrical circuitry to study complex topological phenomena.