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Topological insulators
Pavel Buividovich(Regensburg)
Hall effect
Dissipative motion for point-like particles (Drude theory)
Classical treatment
Steady motion
Classical Hall effectCyclotron frequencyDrude conductivity Current
Resistivity tensor
Hall resistivity (off-diag component of resistivity tensor)
- Does not depend on disorder- Measures charge/densityof electric current carriers
- Valuable experimental tool
Classical Hall effect: boundariesClean system limit:
INSULATOR!!!Importance of matrix structure Naïve look at longitudinal components: INSULATOR AND CONDUCTOR SIMULTANEOUSLY!!!
Conductance happens exclusively due to boundary states!Otherwise an insulating state
Quantum Hall EffectNon-relativistic Landau levels
Model the boundary by a confining potential V(y) = mw2y2/2
Quantum Hall Effect
• Number of conducting states = no of LLs below Fermi level• Hall conductivity σ ~ n• Pairs of right- and left- movers on the “Boundary”
NOW THE QUESTION:Hall state without magneticField???
Chern insulator [Haldane’88]Originally, hexagonal lattice, but we consider square
Two-band model, similar to Wilson-Dirac [Qi, Wu, Zhang]
Phase diagramm=2 Dirac point at kx,ky=±πm=0 Dirac points at (0, ±π), (±π,0)m=-2 Dirac point at kx,ky=0
Chern insulator [Haldane’88]Open B.C. in y direction, numerical diagonalization
Quantum Hall effect: general formulaResponse to a weak electric field, V = -e E y
(Single-particle states)
Electric Current (system of multiple fermions)
Velocity operator vx,y from Heisenberg equations
Integral of Berry curvature = multiple of 2π(wave function is single-valued on the BZ)
Berry curvature in terms of projectors
Quantum Hall effect and Berry flux
TKNN invariant
Berry curvature Berry connection
TKNN = Thouless, Kohmoto, Nightingale, den Nijs
Digression: Berry connection
Adiabatically time-dependent Hamiltonian H(t) = H[R(t)] with parameters R(t). For every t, define an
eigenstate
However, does not solve the Schroedinger equation
Substitute
Adiabatic evolution along the loop yields a nontrivial phaseBloch momentum: also adiabatic parameter
Example: two-band model
Berry curvature in terms of projectors
General two-band Hamiltonian Projectors
Two-band Hamiltonian: mapping of sphere on the torus,VOLUME ELEMENT
For the Haldane model
m>2: n=0 2>m>0: n=-1 0>m>-2: n=1-2>m : n = 0
CS number change = Massless fermions = Pinch at the surface
Electromagnetic response and effective action
Along with current, also charge density is generated
Response in covariant form
Effective action for this response
Electromagnetic Chern-Simons= Magnetic HelicityWinding of magnetic flux lines
Topological inequivalence of insulators
QHE and adiabatic pumpingConsider the Quantum Hall statein cylindrical geometryky is still a good quantum number Collection of 1D Hamiltonians
Switch on electric field Ey, Ay = - Ey t “Phase variable”
2 π rotation of Φ , time Δt = 2 π/ Ly Ey
Charge flow in this time ΔQ = σH Δt Ey Ly = CS/(2 π) 2 π = CSEvery cycle of Φ moves CS unit charges to the boundaries
QHE and adiabatic pumpingMore generally, consider a parameter-dependent Hamiltonian
Define the current responseSimilarly to QHE derivation
Polarization EM
response
Quantum theory of electric polarization
[King-Smith,Vanderbilt’93 (!!!)]Classical dipole momentBut what is X for PBC???
Mathematically, X is not a good operator
Resta formula:Model: electrons in 1D periodic potentials
Bloch Hamiltonians
aDiscrete levels at finite interval!!
Quantum theory of electric polarizationMany-body fermionic theory Slater
determinant
Quantum theory of electric polarizationKing-Smith and Vanderbilt formula
Polarization =Berry phase of 1D theory (despite no curvature)
• Formally, in tight-binding models X is always integer-valued• BUT: band structure implicitly remembers about continuous space and microscopic dipole moment• We can have e.g. Electric Dipole Moment for effective lattice Dirac fermions• In QFT, intrinsic property• In condmat, emergent phenomenon• C.F. lattice studies of CME
From (2+1)D Chern Insulators to (1+1)D Z2 TIs 1D Hamiltonian Particle-hole
symmetry
Consider two PH-symmetric hamiltonians h1(k) and h2(k)
Define continuous interpolation
For
Now h(k,θ) can be assigned the CS number = charge flow in a cycle of θ
From (2+1)D Chern Insulators to (1+1)D Z2 TIs • Particle-hole symmetry implies P(θ) = -P(2π - θ)
• On periodic 1D lattice of unit spacing, P(θ) is only defined modulo 1 P(θ) +P(2π - θ) = 0 mod 1
P(0) or P(π) = 0 or ½ Z2 classification
Relative parity of CS numbers Generally, different h(k,θ) = different CS
numbersConsider two interpolations h(k,θ) and
h’(k,θ)C[h(k, θ)]-C[h’(k,θ)] = 2 n
Relative Chern parity and level crossingNow consider 1D Hamiltonians with open boundary
conditions
CS = numer of left/right zero level crossings in [0, 2 π]Particle-hole symmetry: zero level at θ also at 2 π – θOdd CS zero level at π (assume θ=0 is a trivial insul.)
Relative Chern parity and θ-termOnce again, EM response for electrically polarized system
Corresponding effective action
For bulk Z2 TI with periodic BC P(x) = 1/2
• TI = Topological field theory in the bulk: no local variation can change Φ• Current can only flow at the boundary where P changes• Theta angle = π, Charge conjugation only allows theta = 0 (Z2 trivial) or theta = π (Z2 nontrivial)• Odd number of localized states at the left/right boundary
(4+1)D Chern insulators (aka domain wall fermions)
Consider the 4D single-particle hamiltonian h(k)Similarly to (2+1)D Chern insulator, electromagnetic response
C2 is the “Second Chern Number”
Effective EM action
Parallel E and B in 3D generate current along 5th dimension
(4+1)D Chern insulators: Dirac modelsIn continuum space
Five (4 x 4) Dirac matrices: {Γµ , Γν} = 2 δµν
Lattice model = (4+1)D Wilson-Dirac fermions
In momentum space
(4+1)D Chern insulators: Dirac modelsCritical values of mass CS numbers
(where massless modes exist)
Open boundary conditions in the 5th dimension
|C2| boundary modes on the left/on the right boundaries
Effective boundary Weyl Hamiltonians
Charge flows into the bulk= (3+1)D anomaly
2 Weyl fermions = 1 Domain-wall fermion (Dirac)
Z2 classification of time-reversal invariant topological insulators in
(3+1)D and in (2+1)Dfrom (4+1)D Chern insulatorsConsider two 3D hamiltonians
h1(k) and h2(k), Define extrapolation
“Magnetoelectric polarization”
Time-reversal implies P(θ) = -P(2π - θ) P(θ) is only defined modulo 1 => P(θ) +P(2π - θ) = 0 mod 1 P(0) or P(π) = 0 or ½ => C[h(k, θ)]-C[h’(k,θ)] = 2 n
Effective EM action of 3D TRI topinsulatorsDimensional reduction from (4+1)D effective
action
In the bulk, P3=1/2 theta-angle = πElectric current responds to the gradient of P3
At the boundary,
• Spatial gradient of P3: Hall current• Time variation of P3: current || B • P3 is like “axion” (TME/CME)
Response to electrostatic field near boundary
Electrostatic potential A0
Real 3D topological insulator: Bi1-xSbx
Band inversion at intermediate concentration
(4+1)D CSI Z2TRI in (3+1)D Z2TRI in (2+1D)Consider two 2D hamiltonians
h1(k) and h2(k), Define extrapolation
h(k,θ) is like 3D Z2 TI Z2 invariantThis invariant does not depend on parametrization?
Consider two parametrizations h(k,θ) and h’(k,θ)
Interpolation between them
This is also interpolation between h1 and h2
Berry curvature of φ vanishes on the boundary
Periodic table of Topological Insulators
Chern invariants are only defined in odd dimensions
Kramers theoremTime-reversal operator for Pauli electrons
Anti-unitary symmetry
Single-particle Hamiltonian in momentum space (Bloch Hamiltonian)
If [h,θ]=0
Consider some eigenstate
Kramers theoremEvery eigenstate has a partner at (-k)
With the same energy!!!Since θ changes spins, it cannot be
Example: TRIM(Time Reversal Invariant Momenta)
-k is equivalent to kFor 1D lattice, unit spacing
TRIM: k = {±π, 0}Assume
States at TRIM are always doubly degenerate Kramers degeneracy
Z2 classification of (2+1)D TI • Contact || x between two (2+1)D Tis• kx is still good quantum number • There will be some midgap states crossing zero• At kx = 0, π (TRIM) double degeneracy• Even or odd number of crossings Z2 invariant
• Odd number of crossings = odd number of massless modes• Topologically protected (no smooth deformations remove)
Kane-Mele model: role of SO couplingSimple theoretical model for (2+1)D TRI topological insulator
[Kane,Mele’05]: graphene with strong spin-orbital coupling
- Gap is opened - Time reversal is not broken - In graphene, SO coupling is too small
Possible physical implementationHeavy adatom in the centre of hexagonal lattice(SO is big for heavy atomswith high orbitals occupied)
Spin-momentum lockingTwo edge states with opposite spins: left/up, right/down
Insensitive to disorder as long asT is not violated
Magnetic disorderis dangerous
Topological Mott insulatorsGraphene tight-binding model with nearest- and next-nearest-neighbour interactions
By tuning U, V1 and V2 we can generate an effective SOcoupling. Not in real graphene,But what about artificial?
Also, spin transport on the surface of 3D Mott TI[Pesin,Balents’10]
Some useful references (and sources of pictures/formulas
for this lecture :-) - “Primer on topological insulators”, A. Altland and L. Fritz
- “Topological insulator materials”, Y. Ando, ArXiv:1304.5693
- “Topological field theory of time-reversal invariant insulators”, X.-L. Qi, T. L. Hughes, S.-C. Zhang, ArXiv:0802.3537