Universal topological marker

W Chen - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We elaborate that for topological insulators and topological superconductors described by
Dirac models in any dimension and symmetry class, the topological order can be mapped to …

Nontrivial quantum geometry of degenerate flat bands

B Mera, J Mitscherling - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The importance of the quantum metric in flat-band systems has been noticed recently in
many contexts such as the superfluid stiffness, the dc electrical conductivity, and ideal Chern …

Topological Properties of a Non‐Hermitian Quasi‐1D Chain with a Flat Band

C Martínez‐Strasser, MAJ Herrera… - Advanced Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The spectral properties of a non‐Hermitian quasi‐1D lattice in two of the possible
dimerization configurations are investigated. Specifically, it focuses on a non‐Hermitian …

Non-Abelian quantum geometric tensor in degenerate topological semimetals

HT Ding, CX Zhang, JX Liu, JT Wang, DW Zhang… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
The quantum geometric tensor characterizes the complete geometric properties of quantum
states, with the symmetric part being the quantum metric and the antisymmetric part being …

Mapping quantum geometry and quantum phase transitions to real space by a fidelity marker

MSM de Sousa, AL Cruz, W Chen - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The quantum geometry in the momentum space of semiconductors and insulators,
described by the quantum metric of the valence-band Bloch state, has been an intriguing …

Intrinsic nonlinear conductivity induced by quantum geometry in altermagnets and measurement of the in-plane Néel vector

M Ezawa - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The z-component of the Néel vector is measurable by the anomalous Hall conductivity in
altermagnets because time reversal symmetry is broken. On the other hand, it is a nontrivial …

Relating the topology of Dirac Hamiltonians to quantum geometry: When the quantum metric dictates Chern numbers and winding numbers

B Mera, A Zhang, N Goldman - SciPost Physics, 2022 - scipost.org
Quantum geometry has emerged as a central and ubiquitous concept in quantum sciences,
with direct consequences on quantum metrology and many-body quantum physics. In this …

Berry curvature signatures in chiroptical excitonic transitions

S Beaulieu, S Dong, V Christiansson, P Werner… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The topology of the electronic band structure of solids can be described by its Berry
curvature distribution across the Brillouin zone. We theoretically introduce and …

Quantum geometrical properties of topological materials

W Chen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The momentum space of topological insulators and topological superconductors is
equipped with a quantum metric defined from the overlap of neighboring valence band …

Analytic approach to quantum metric and optical conductivity in Dirac models with parabolic mass in arbitrary dimensions

M Ezawa - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The imaginary part of the quantum geometric tensor is the Berry curvature, while the real
part is the quantum metric. Dirac fermions derived from a tight-binding model naturally …