Symmetry-protected hierarchy of anomalous multipole topological band gaps in nonsymmorphic metacrystals

Xiujuan Zhang, Zhi-Kang Lin, Hai-Xiao Wang, Zhan Xiong, Yuan Tian, Ming-Hui Lu (), Yan-Feng Chen () and Jian-Hua Jiang ()
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Xiujuan Zhang: Nanjing University
Zhi-Kang Lin: Soochow University
Hai-Xiao Wang: Soochow University
Zhan Xiong: Soochow University
Yuan Tian: Nanjing University
Ming-Hui Lu: Nanjing University
Yan-Feng Chen: Nanjing University
Jian-Hua Jiang: Soochow University

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Symmetry and topology are two fundamental aspects of many quantum states of matter. Recently new topological materials, higher-order topological insulators, were discovered, featuring bulk–edge–corner correspondence that goes beyond the conventional topological paradigms. Here we discover experimentally that the nonsymmorphic p4g acoustic metacrystals host a symmetry-protected hierarchy of topological multipoles: the lowest band gap has a quantized Wannier dipole and can mimic the quantum spin Hall effect, whereas the second band gap exhibits quadrupole topology with anomalous Wannier bands. Such a topological hierarchy allows us to observe experimentally distinct, multiplexed topological phenomena and to reveal a topological transition triggered by the geometry transition from the p4g group to the C4v group, which demonstrates elegantly the fundamental interplay between symmetry and topology. Our study demonstrates that classical systems with controllable geometry can serve as powerful simulators for the discovery of novel topological states of matter and their phase transitions.

Date: 2020
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