The edge spectrum of Chern insulators with rough boundaries
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Publication:3069201
DOI10.1063/1.3204511zbMATH Open1298.81088arXiv0809.2569OpenAlexW3100483429MaRDI QIDQ3069201FDOQ3069201
Publication date: 24 January 2011
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Chern insulators are periodic band insulators with the property that their projector onto the occupied bands have non-zero Chern number. Chern insulator with a homogeneous boundary display continuum spectrum that fills the entire insulating gap. The local density of states corresponding to this part of the spectrum is localized near the boundary, hence the terminology edge spectrum. An interesting question arises, namely, if a rough boundary, which can be seen as a strong random potential acting on these quasi 1-dimensional states, would destroy the continuum edge spectrum. This paper shows how such question can be answered via a newly formulated abstract framework in which the expectation value of the current of a general observable is connected to the index of a specific Fredholm operator. For the present application, we will connect the expectation value of the charge edge current with the index of a Fredholm operator that remains invariant under arbitrary deformations of the boundary.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2569
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