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تسجيل مستخدم جديدHigher-order topological insulators in a magnetic field
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Two-dimensional (2D) generalization of the Su-Schriffer-Heeger (SSH) model serves as a platform for exploring higher-order topological insulators (HOTI). We investigate this model in a magnetic field which interpolates two models studied so far with zero flux and $pi$ flux per plaquette. We show that in the Hofstadter butterfly there appears a wide gap around the $pi$ flux, which belongs to the same HOTI discovered by Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes (BBH). It turns out that in a weak field regime HOTI could exist even within a small gap disconnected from the wider gap around $pi$ flux. To characterize HOTI, we employ the entanglement polarization (eP) technique which is useful even if the basic four bands split into many Landau levels under a magnetic field.
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