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arXiv:1910.04151 · Physical Review Research

Type-II quadrupole topological insulators

Yan-Bin Yang, Kai Li, L.-M. Duan, Yong Xu

Published Jul 7, 2020• 43 citations
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Abstract

This paper demonstrates a quadrupole topological insulator with zero-energy corner modes and a pair of edge polarizations. The authors also find that such topological phenomena can arise from quench dynamics in non-equilibrium systems.
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.2.033029

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