Triply degenerate nodal line and tunable contracted-drumhead surface state in a tight-binding model

The study of topological semimetals has been extended to more general topological nodal systems such as metamaterials and artificial periodic structures. Among various nodal structures, triply degenerate nodal line (TDNL) is rare and, hence, has received little attention. In this work, we have propo...

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Published inFrontiers in physics Vol. 11
Main Authors Wang, Yi-Ru, Liu, Gui-Bin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 17.08.2023
Subjects
Berry phase
drumhead surface states
tight-binding model
triply degenerate nodal line
Zak phase
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Summary:The study of topological semimetals has been extended to more general topological nodal systems such as metamaterials and artificial periodic structures. Among various nodal structures, triply degenerate nodal line (TDNL) is rare and, hence, has received little attention. In this work, we have proposed a simple tight-binding (TB) model, which hosts a topological non-trivial TDNL. This TDNL not only has the drumhead surface states (DSSs) as usual nodal line systems but also has surface states that form a contracted-drumhead shape. The shape and area of this contracted drumhead can be tuned by the hopping parameters of the model. This provides an effective way to modulate surface states and their density of states, which can be important in future applications of topological nodal systems.
ISSN:2296-424X
2296-424X
DOI:10.3389/fphy.2023.1200601