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Hauptverfasser: Udagawa, Masafumi, Nakai, Hiroki, Hotta, Chisa
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13533
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author Udagawa, Masafumi
Nakai, Hiroki
Hotta, Chisa
author_facet Udagawa, Masafumi
Nakai, Hiroki
Hotta, Chisa
contents Pinch point is a spectral discontinuity found in the neutron diffraction image of spin ice. Similar spectral singularity is commonly observed in a broad range of systems that have a close connection with flat bands. We focus on the electron flat band and its two topologically distinct classes of wavefunction: the compact localized state (CLS), and the non-contractible loop state (NLS). We establish their simple mathematical relationship, showing that different Bloch NLSs can be derived as momentum derivatives of a Bloch CLS, depending on the approaching direction toward the singular point. This CLS-NLS correspondence helps visualize the pinch point as an interference pattern among NLSs through a ``polarizer", which encodes the information about the location of singular momentum and the experimental techniques like spin-polarized photoemission spectroscopy. It helps extract topological information knit to microscopic electronic and magnetic structures.
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spellingShingle Pinch-point spectral singularity from the interference of topological loop states
Udagawa, Masafumi
Nakai, Hiroki
Hotta, Chisa
Materials Science
Pinch point is a spectral discontinuity found in the neutron diffraction image of spin ice. Similar spectral singularity is commonly observed in a broad range of systems that have a close connection with flat bands. We focus on the electron flat band and its two topologically distinct classes of wavefunction: the compact localized state (CLS), and the non-contractible loop state (NLS). We establish their simple mathematical relationship, showing that different Bloch NLSs can be derived as momentum derivatives of a Bloch CLS, depending on the approaching direction toward the singular point. This CLS-NLS correspondence helps visualize the pinch point as an interference pattern among NLSs through a ``polarizer", which encodes the information about the location of singular momentum and the experimental techniques like spin-polarized photoemission spectroscopy. It helps extract topological information knit to microscopic electronic and magnetic structures.
title Pinch-point spectral singularity from the interference of topological loop states
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13533