Based on the tight-binding calculations on honeycomb lattice and photonic experimental visualization on artificial graphene(AG), we report the domain-wall-induced gapped topological kink states and topological corner ...Based on the tight-binding calculations on honeycomb lattice and photonic experimental visualization on artificial graphene(AG), we report the domain-wall-induced gapped topological kink states and topological corner states. In honeycomb lattice, domain walls(DWs) with gapless topological kink states could be induced either by sublattice symmetry breaking or by lattice deformation. We find that the coexistence of these two mechanisms will induce DWs with gapped topological kink states. Significantly, the intersection of these two types of DWs gives rise to topological corner state localized at the crossing point.Through the manipulation of the DWs, we show AG with honeycomb lattice structure not only a versatile platform supporting multiple topological corner modes in a controlled manner, but also possessing promising applications such as fabricating topological quantum dots composed of gapped topological kink states and topological corner states.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2019YFA0308403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11534001,11822407 and 11874274)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20170058)a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)We are grateful to H.M.Weng and H.W.Liu for helpful discussion.
文摘Based on the tight-binding calculations on honeycomb lattice and photonic experimental visualization on artificial graphene(AG), we report the domain-wall-induced gapped topological kink states and topological corner states. In honeycomb lattice, domain walls(DWs) with gapless topological kink states could be induced either by sublattice symmetry breaking or by lattice deformation. We find that the coexistence of these two mechanisms will induce DWs with gapped topological kink states. Significantly, the intersection of these two types of DWs gives rise to topological corner state localized at the crossing point.Through the manipulation of the DWs, we show AG with honeycomb lattice structure not only a versatile platform supporting multiple topological corner modes in a controlled manner, but also possessing promising applications such as fabricating topological quantum dots composed of gapped topological kink states and topological corner states.
