Anomalous chiral edge states in spin-1 Dirac quantum dots

We uncover an unexpected family of in-gap chiral edge states in noninverted spin-1 Dirac quantum dots. The system represents a topologically trivial confinement configuration where such edge states are not expected according to the conventional wisdom. In particular, for a massive type of confining...

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Main Authors: Hong-Ya Xu, Ying-Cheng Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-01-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013062