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Ideal acoustic quantum spin Hall phase in a multi-topology platform.

ABSTRACT: Fermionic time-reversal symmetry ([Formula: see text])-protected quantum spin Hall (QSH) materials feature gapless helical edge states when adjacent to arbitrary trivial cladding materials. However, due to symmetry reduction at the boundary, bosonic counterparts usually exhibit gaps and thus require additional cladding crystals to maintain robustness, limiting their applications. In this study, we demonstrate an ideal acoustic QSH with gapless behaviour by constructing a global T_f on both the bulk and the boundary based on bilayer structures. Consequently, a pair of helical edge states robustly winds several times in the first Brillouin zone when coupled to resonators, promising broadband topological slow waves. We further reveal that this ideal QSH phase behaves as a topological phase transition plane that bridges trivial and higher-order phases. Our versatile multi-topology platform sheds light on compact topological slow-wave and lasing devices.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

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Ideal acoustic quantum spin Hall phase in a multi-topology platform.

Sun Xiao-Chen XC Chen Hao H Lai Hua-Shan HS Xia Chu-Hao CH He Cheng C Chen Yan-Feng YF

Nature communications 20230220 1

Fermionic time-reversal symmetry ([Formula: see text])-protected quantum spin Hall (QSH) materials feature gapless helical edge states when adjacent to arbitrary trivial cladding materials. However, due to symmetry reduction at the boundary, bosonic counterparts usually exhibit gaps and thus require additional cladding crystals to maintain robustness, limiting their applications. In this study, we demonstrate an ideal acoustic QSH with gapless behaviour by constructing a global T<sub>f</sub> on ...[more]

PMID: 36807583

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