• 文献标题:   Topological gaps without masses in driven graphene-like systems
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   IADECOLA T, NEUPERT T, CHAMON C
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Boston Univ
  • 被引频次:   14
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.89.115425
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We illustrate the possibility of realizing band gaps in graphene-like systems that fall outside the existing classification of gapped Dirac Hamiltonians in terms of masses. As our primary example we consider a band gap arising due to time-dependent distortions of the honeycomb lattice. By means of an exact, invertible, and transport-preserving mapping to a time-independent Hamiltonian, we show that the system exhibits Chern-insulating phases with quantized Hall conductivities +/- e(2)/h. The chirality of the corresponding gapless edge modes is controllable by both the frequency of the driving and the manner in which sublattice symmetry is broken by the dynamical lattice modulations. Finally, we discuss a promising possible realization of this physics in photonic lattices.