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Title: Topological band evolution between Lieb and kagome lattices

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering; Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  2. Wuhan Univ. (China). School of Physics and Technology, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Key Lab. of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education
  3. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
  4. Wuhan Univ. (China). School of Physics and Technology, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Key Lab. of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education; Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (China). Inst. for Advanced Studies
  5. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Among two-dimensional lattices, both kagome and Lieb lattices have been extensively studied, showing unique physics related to their exotic flat and Dirac bands. Interestingly, we realize that the two lattices are in fact interconvertible by applying strains along the diagonal direction, as they share the same structural configuration in the unit cell, i.e., one corner-site and two edge-center states. Here, we study phase transitions between the two lattices using the tight-binding approach and propose one experimental realization of the transitions using photonic devices. The evolution of the band structure demonstrates a continuous evolution of the flat band from the middle of the Lieb band to the top/bottom of the kagome band. Though the flat band is destroyed during the transition, the topological features are conserved due to the retained inversion symmetry, as confirmed by Berry curvature, Wannier charge center, and edge state calculations. Meanwhile, the triply degenerate Dirac point ( M ) in the Lieb lattice transforms into two doubly degenerate Dirac points, one of which moves along M–Γ and the other moves along M–K/K' directions that form the kagome band eventually. Interestingly, the Dirac cones in the transition states are strongly tilted, showing a coexistence of type-I and type-II Dirac points. We finally show that these transitions can be experimentally realized in photonic lattices using waveguide arrays.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Key Basic Research Program; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-04ER46148; DMR-1121252; 2015CB932400; 11674256
OSTI ID:
1530400
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1501704
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 99, Issue 12; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 47 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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