In this paper, we study the scattering theory of delicate topological insulators (TIs), which are novel topological phases beyond the paradigm of the tenfold way, topological quantum chemistry, and the symmetry indicator method. We demonstrate that the phase of the reflection amplitude can probe the delicate topology by capturing a characteristic feature of a delicate TI, the returning Thouless pump. Additionally, we propose a waveguide array experiment to implement a delicate TI and measure its reflection phase, which reveals the delicate topology.
We study the scattering theory of delicate topological insulators (TIs), which are novel topological phases beyond the paradigm of the tenfold way, topological quantum chemistry, and the symmetry indicator method. We demonstrate that the phase of the reflection amplitude can probe the delicate topology by capturing a characteristic feature of a delicate TI. This feature is the returning Thouless pump, where an integer number of charges are pumped forward and backward in the first and second half of the adiabatic cycle, respectively. As a by-product of our analysis we show that requiring additional symmetries can stable the boundary states of a delicate TI beyond the conventional requirement of a sharply defined surface. Furthermore, we propose a waveguide array experiment to implement a delicate TI and measure its reflection phase which reveals the delicate topology.
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