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| author | Chen, Binglu Bal, Guillaume |
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| contents | This paper develops a scattering theory for the asymmetric transport observed at interfaces separating two-dimensional topological insulators. Starting from the spectral decomposition of an unperturbed interface Hamiltonian, we present a limiting absorption principle and construct a generalized eigenfunction expansion for perturbed systems. We then relate a physical observable quantifying the transport asymmetry to the scattering matrix associated to the generalized eigenfunctions. In particular, we show that the observable is concretely expressed as a difference of transmission coefficients and is stable against perturbations. We apply the theory to systems of perturbed Dirac equations with asymptotically linear domain wall. |
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| spellingShingle | Scattering theory of topologically protected edge transport Chen, Binglu Bal, Guillaume Spectral Theory This paper develops a scattering theory for the asymmetric transport observed at interfaces separating two-dimensional topological insulators. Starting from the spectral decomposition of an unperturbed interface Hamiltonian, we present a limiting absorption principle and construct a generalized eigenfunction expansion for perturbed systems. We then relate a physical observable quantifying the transport asymmetry to the scattering matrix associated to the generalized eigenfunctions. In particular, we show that the observable is concretely expressed as a difference of transmission coefficients and is stable against perturbations. We apply the theory to systems of perturbed Dirac equations with asymptotically linear domain wall. |
| title | Scattering theory of topologically protected edge transport |
| topic | Spectral Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.13540 |