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arxiv: 1312.0467 · v1 · pith:6I2RSX24new · submitted 2013-12-02 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.str-el

A Topological Spin Chern Pump

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.str-el
keywords spinpumptopologicalchernadiabaticallybulkclosedconservation
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We propose a one-dimensional electron model with parameters modulated adiabatically in closed cycles, which can continuously pump spin to leads. By defining the spin-polarized Wannier functions, we show that the spin pump is protected by the spin Chern numbers, so that it is stable to perturbations violating the time-reversal symmetry and spin conservation. Our work demonstrates the possibility and principle to realize topological spin pumps independent of any symmetries, and also suggests a possible way to experimentally observe the bulk topological invariants.

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