# 4D spinless topological insulator in a periodic electric circuit

## TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how a 2D electric circuit can simulate a 4D spinless topological insulator, revealing topological boundary states and offering a platform for exploring higher-dimensional topological phenomena.

## Contribution

The authors construct a 2D electric circuit model that simulates a 4D spinless topological insulator, highlighting the realization of higher-dimensional topological states in synthetic systems.

## Key findings

- Resonance spectrum shows pairs of 3D Weyl boundary states
- Boundary states are protected by classical time-reversal symmetry
- Simulation of 4D topological band structure in a 2D circuit

## Abstract

According to the mathematical classification of topological band structures, there exist a number of fascinating topological states in dimensions larger than three with exotic boundary phenomena and interesting topological responses. While these topological states are not accessible in condensed matter systems, recent works have shown that synthetic systems, such as photonic crystals or electric circuits, can realize higher-dimensional band structures. Here, we argue that the 4D spinless topological insulator, due to its symmetry properties, is particularly well suited to be implemented in these synthetic systems. We explicitly construct a 2D electric circuit lattice, whose resonance frequency spectrum simulate the 4D spinless topological insulator. We perform detailed numerical calculations of the circuit lattice and show that the resonance frequency spectrum exhibit pairs of 3D Weyl boundary states, a hallmark of the nontrivial topology. These pairs of 3D Weyl states with the same chirality are protected by classical time-reversal symmetry that squares to $+1$, which is inherent in the proposed circuit lattice. We also discuss how the simulated 4D topological band structure can be observed in experiments.