arXiv:1712.01212 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Bosonic integer quantum Hall state without Landau levels on a square lattice
Wanli Liu, Zhiyu Dong, Zhihuan Dong, Chenrong Liu, Wei Yan, Yan Chen
Abstract
We study interacting two-component hard-core bosons on a square lattice for which, in the presence of staggered magnetic flux, its ground state is a bosonic integer quantum Hall (BIQH) state. By using a coupled-wire bosonization approach, we show analytically that this model exhibits a BIQH state at total charge half filling associated with a symmetry-protected topological phase under $\text{U}(1)$ charge conservation. These theoretical expectations are verified, using the infinite density matrix renormalization group method, by providing numerical evidence for (i) a quantized Hall conductance ${\ensuremath{\sigma}}_{xy}=\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2$, and (ii) two counterpropagating gapless edge modes. Our model is a bosonic cousin of the fermionic Haldane model and serves as an additional case of analogy between bosonic and fermionic quantum Hall states.