Topological metals constructed by sliding quantum wire arrays

Abstract

A general strategy of alternated slide construction to craft topological metals is proposed, where there is a relative slide between the odd and even chains in the trivial spinless quantum wire array. Firstly, taking the three-leg ladder as an example, we find that alternated slide can induce a topological phase transition from the normal metal to topological metal phases, which are protected by inversion symmetry. Remarkably, topological metal without nontrivial edge states is found, and the bulk-boundary correspondence breaks down. Secondly, the two-dimensional quantum wire arrays with alternated slide manifests similar physical behaviors. Two types of topological metal phases emerge, where there are gapless bulk bands with and without nontrivial edge states. These results could be confirmed by current experimental techniques.