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Optical N-invariant of graphene's topological viscous Hall fluid.


ABSTRACT: Over the past three decades, graphene has become the prototypical platform for discovering topological phases of matter. Both the Chern [Formula: see text] and quantum spin Hall [Formula: see text] insulators were first predicted in graphene, which led to a veritable explosion of research in topological materials. We introduce a new topological classification of two-dimensional matter - the optical N-phases [Formula: see text]. This topological quantum number is connected to polarization transport and captured solely by the spatiotemporal dispersion of the susceptibility tensor χ. We verify N ≠ 0 in graphene with the underlying physical mechanism being repulsive Hall viscosity. An experimental probe, evanescent magneto-optic Kerr effect (e-MOKE) spectroscopy, is proposed to explore the N-invariant. We also develop topological circulators by exploiting gapless edge plasmons that are immune to back-scattering and navigate sharp defects with impunity. Our work indicates that graphene with repulsive Hall viscosity is the first candidate material for a topological electromagnetic phase of matter.

SUBMITTER: Van Mechelen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342470 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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