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Fragile dislocation modes in obstructed atomic topological phases

Gabriel Malavé1, Jorge Schifferli2, Rodrigo Soto-Garrido1, Pedro A. Orellana2, and Vladimir Juričić2,3,*

  • *Corresponding author: juricic@nordita.org
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Phys. Rev. B 109, L201407 – Published 22 May, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L201407

Abstract

We here introduce the concept of fragile dislocation modes, which are localized only in a fraction of a topological phase while otherwise leaking into the bulk continuum. As we demonstrate here, such dislocation modes are hosted in an obstructed atomic topological phase in the two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model but only in a finite region with an indirect gap at high energy. They are realized as chiral pairs at finite energies with protection stemming from a combination of the chiral (unitary particle-hole) and the point group (C4v) symmetries, but only when the indirect gap is open. In this regime, we corroborate the stability of the defect modes by following their localization and also by explicitly adding a weak chemical potential disorder. Our findings should, therefore, be consequential for the experimental observation of such modes in designer topological crystals and classical metamaterials.

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Phys. Rev. B 109, L201407– Published 22 May, 2024
  • Received 29 January 2024
  • Revised 10 May 2024
  • Accepted 13 May 2024
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