Bulk topological invariants in noninteracting point group symmetric insulators
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Entanglement spectrum classification of Cn-invariant noninteracting topological insulators in two dimensions
Chen Fang,1 Matthew J. Gilbert,2,3 and B. Andrei Bernevig1 1Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 3Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois, 208 North Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA (Received 27 August 2012; published 14 J...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1098-0121,1550-235X
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.86.115112