Physical Review Research (Jan 2020)

Z_{Q} Berry phase for higher-order symmetry-protected topological phases

  • Hiromu Araki,
  • Tomonari Mizoguchi,
  • Yasuhiro Hatsugai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.012009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
p. 012009

Abstract

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We propose the Z_{Q} Berry phase as a topological invariant for higher-order symmetry-protected topological (HOSPT) phases for two- and three-dimensional systems. It is topologically stable for electron-electron interactions assuming the gap remains open. As a concrete example, we show that the Berry phase is quantized in Z_{4} and characterizes the HOSPT phase of the extended Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes (BBH) model, which contains the next-nearest-neighbor hopping and the intersite Coulomb interactions. In addition, we introduce the Z_{4} Berry phase for the spin-model analog of the BBH model. Furthermore, we demonstrate the Berry phase is quantized in Z_{4} for the three-dimensional version of the BBH model. We also confirm the bulk-corner correspondence between the Z_{4} Berry phase and the corner states in the HOSPT phases.