Measurement of Chern numbers through center-of-mass responses
| Autor: | Price, H. M., Zilberberg, O., Ozawa, T., Carusotto, I., Goldman, N. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Phys. Rev. B 93, 245113 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.245113 |
| Popis: | Probing the center-of-mass of an ultracold atomic cloud can be used to measure Chern numbers, the topological invariants underlying the quantum Hall effects. In this work, we show how such center-of-mass observables can have a much richer dependence on topological invariants than previously discussed. In fact, the response of the center of mass depends not only on the current density, typically measured in a solid-state system, but also on the particle density, which itself can be sensitive to the topology of the band structure. We apply a semiclassical approach, supported by numerical simulations, to highlight the key differences between center-of-mass responses and more standard conductivity measurements. We illustrate this by analyzing both the two- and the four-dimensional quantum Hall effects. These results have important implications for experiments in engineered topological systems, such as ultracold gases and photonics. Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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