Exceptional topological insulators

Three-dimensional topological insulators have become a research focal point on topological quantum matter. Here, the authors propose the non-Hermitian analogue, the exceptional topological insulator, with anomalous surface states only existing within the topological bulk embedding.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. Michael Denner, Anastasiia Skurativska, Frank Schindler, Mark H. Fischer, Ronny Thomale, Tomáš Bzdušek, Titus Neupert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25947-z