<p>Dualities are mappings that connect seemingly unrelated physical systems, enabling simplification and reinterpretation via duality transformations. However, prior studies have been predominantly limited to one-to-one mappings isomorphic to a <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><msub><mrow><mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> group, where self-duality occurs only at a single point at which the lattice maps onto itself under a duality transformation. Here, we extend the duality framework by incorporating gauge fields that modify symmetry representations, constructing more general duality groups, <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\times {{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><msub><mrow><mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub><mo>×</mo><msub><mrow><mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> in two-dimensional systems and <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\left({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\right)}^{6}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><msup><mrow><mfenced close=")" open="("><mrow><msub><mrow><mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></mfenced></mrow><mrow><mn>6</mn></mrow></msup></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> in three-dimensional systems. We theoretically establish and experimentally validate that such gauge-field-induced duality groups link multiple distinct metamaterials across different symmetry classifications while sharing identical band structures. Notably, in three-dimensional systems, gauge fields promote self-duality from a single point to a set, yielding fourfold degeneracies across the entire Brillouin zone and an eightfold-degenerate double Dirac point. Our work expands duality research and deepens the understanding of hidden symmetries in complex physical systems.</p>

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Gauge-field-induced duality group in metamaterials

  • Yan Meng,
  • Hong-yu Zou,
  • Naifu Zheng,
  • Linyun Yang,
  • Ruo-Yang Zhang,
  • Jingming Chen,
  • Xiang Xi,
  • Bei Yan,
  • Yong Ge,
  • Yi-jun Guan,
  • Hong-xiang Sun,
  • Gui-Geng Liu,
  • Zhenxiao Zhu,
  • Shou-qi Yuan,
  • Ce Shang,
  • Hongsheng Chen,
  • Qihang Liu,
  • Yihao Yang,
  • Zhen Gao

摘要

Dualities are mappings that connect seemingly unrelated physical systems, enabling simplification and reinterpretation via duality transformations. However, prior studies have been predominantly limited to one-to-one mappings isomorphic to a \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)Z2 group, where self-duality occurs only at a single point at which the lattice maps onto itself under a duality transformation. Here, we extend the duality framework by incorporating gauge fields that modify symmetry representations, constructing more general duality groups, \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\times {{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)Z2×Z2 in two-dimensional systems and \({\left({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\right)}^{6}\)Z26 in three-dimensional systems. We theoretically establish and experimentally validate that such gauge-field-induced duality groups link multiple distinct metamaterials across different symmetry classifications while sharing identical band structures. Notably, in three-dimensional systems, gauge fields promote self-duality from a single point to a set, yielding fourfold degeneracies across the entire Brillouin zone and an eightfold-degenerate double Dirac point. Our work expands duality research and deepens the understanding of hidden symmetries in complex physical systems.