Weak <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> supertopology
Crystal symmetries can enforce all bands of a material to be topological, a property that is commonly referred to as “supertopology.” Here, we determine the symmetry-enforced <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><a:msub><a:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</a:mi><a:mn>2</a:mn></a:msub></a:math> supertopologies of nonmagnetic centrosymmetric materials with weak and strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). For weak (i.e., negligible) SOC, crystal symmetries can enforce Dirac nodal lines protected by a <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><c:mi>π</c:mi></c:math>-Berry phase, while for strong SOC, crystal symmetries can give rise to nontrivial weak <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><d:msub><d:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</d:mi><d:mn>2</d:mn></d:msub></d:math> topologies in two-dimensional subplanes of the three-dimensional Brillouin zone. We catalog all centrosymmetric space groups whose symmetries enforce these <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><f:msub><f:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</f:mi><f:mn>2</f:mn></f:msub></f:math> supertopologies. Suitable material realizations are identified and experimental signatures of the supertopologies, such as quantum spin Hall states, are discussed.
Authors
- Andreas P. Schnyder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-815X)
- Moritz M. Hirschmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-4612)
- Kirill Parshukov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6183-8714)
Institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (DE)
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Materials
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.9.034204
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft