A Topological Spin Chern Pump
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❄️ 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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