Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator

We report on simulations of the dc conductance and quantum Hall response of a Floquet topological insulator using Floquet scattering theory. Our results reveal that laser-induced edge states lead to quantum Hall plateaus once imperfect matching with the nonilluminated leads is lessened. The magnitud...

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Autores principales: Foa Torres, Luis Eduardo Francisco, Pérez Piskunow, Pablo Matías, Balseiro, Carlos A., Usaj, Gonzalo
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Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11086/20361
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.266801
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topic Graphene
Topological insulators
Floquet theory
spellingShingle Graphene
Topological insulators
Floquet theory
Foa Torres, Luis Eduardo Francisco
Pérez Piskunow, Pablo Matías
Balseiro, Carlos A.
Usaj, Gonzalo
Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator
topic_facet Graphene
Topological insulators
Floquet theory
description We report on simulations of the dc conductance and quantum Hall response of a Floquet topological insulator using Floquet scattering theory. Our results reveal that laser-induced edge states lead to quantum Hall plateaus once imperfect matching with the nonilluminated leads is lessened. The magnitude of the Hall plateaus, however, is not directly related to the number and chirality of all the edge states at a given energy, as usual. Instead, the plateaus are dominated by those edge states adding to the time-averaged density of states. Therefore, the dc quantum Hall conductance of a Floquet topological insulator is not directly linked to topological invariants of the full Floquet bands.
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author Foa Torres, Luis Eduardo Francisco
Pérez Piskunow, Pablo Matías
Balseiro, Carlos A.
Usaj, Gonzalo
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Pérez Piskunow, Pablo Matías
Balseiro, Carlos A.
Usaj, Gonzalo
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title Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator
title_short Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator
title_full Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator
title_fullStr Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator
title_full_unstemmed Multiterminal conductance of a floquet topological insulator
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