Fractional Chern insulators on hyperbolic lattices with singularity
Fractional Chern insulators (FCIs), as a platform for the realization of fractionalization phenomena without external magnetic field, have attracted great interest. To realize FCIs, topological flat bands play a significant role. Most recently, FCIs have been extended into two-dimensional hyperbolic systems and the geometric degree of freedom of hyperbolic FCIs has been revealed. In this work, we construct hyperbolic lattices with a conical singularity and demonstrate the existence of topological flat bands. Subsequently, a bosonic $\ensuremath{\nu}=1/2$ FCI state is investigated on these hyperbolic topological flat band models with a singularity. The edge excitations for these singular hyperbolic FCIs are investigated. We also construct the optimal trial wave functions for the $\ensuremath{\nu}=1/2$ FCI state and roughly explore the interplay between the $\ensuremath{\nu}=1/2$ FCI state and geometric factors originated from the hyperbolic geometry and conical singularity.
Authors
- Ying Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9802-207X)
- Ai‐Lei He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-4386)
- Yongjun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-8272)
- Xu‐Hui Yan
- Lu Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1465-9247)
Institutions
- Yangzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/gf6q-kxh3
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00