Construction and properties of a topological index for periodically driven time-reversal invariant 2D crystals

We present mathematical details of the construction of a topological invariant for periodically driven two-dimensional lattice systems with time-reversal symmetry and quasienergy gaps, which was proposed recently by some of us. The invariant is represented by a gap-dependent Z2-valued index that is...

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Main Authors: D. Carpentier, P. Delplace, M. Fruchart, K. Gawędzki, C. Tauber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321315001698