Efficient computation of theW3topological invariant and application to Floquet–Bloch systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA7591MaRDI QIDQ5348280zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. Höckendorf, Andreas Alvermann, Holger Fehske

Publication date 15 August 2017

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.04181

zbMATH Keywords

anomalous edge statesFloquet-Bloch systemirradiated graphenetopological invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

Abstract: We introduce an efficient algorithm for the computation of the $W_3$ invariant of general unitary maps, which converges rapidly even on coarse discretization grids. The algorithm does not require extensive manipulation of the unitary maps, identification of the precise positions of degeneracy points, or fixing the gauge of eigenvectors. After construction of the general algorithm, we explain its application to the $2+1$ dimensional maps that arise in the Floquet-Bloch theory of periodically driven two-dimensional quantum systems. We demonstrate this application by computing the $W_3$ invariant for an irradiated graphene model with a continuously modulated Hamilton operator, where it predicts the number of anomalous edge states in each gap.

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