Flat-band solutions in $D$-dimensional decorated diamond and pyrochlore lattices: Reduction to molecular problem

TL;DR

This paper develops a method to analytically determine flat-band energies and wave functions in tight-binding models on decorated diamond and pyrochlore lattices across various dimensions, aiding the analysis of related materials.

Contribution

It introduces a systematic approach to find flat-band solutions in complex lattice models, extending analytical capabilities beyond canonical examples.

Findings

Analytical expressions for flat-band energies and wave functions in D-dimensional lattices.

Application of the method to two- and three-dimensional lattices relevant to real materials.

Facilitation of band structure analysis in organic and inorganic materials with flat bands.

Abstract

Flat-band models have been of particular interest from both fundamental aspects and realization in materials. Beyond the canonical examples such as Lieb lattices and line graphs, a variety of tight-binding models are found to possess flat bands. However, analytical treatment of dispersion relations is limited, especially when there are multiple flat bands with different energies. In this paper, we present how to determine flat-band energies and wave functions in tight-binding models on decorated diamond and pyrochlore lattices in generic dimensions $D \geq 2$. For two and three dimensions, such lattice structures are relevant to various organic and inorganic materials, and thus our method will be useful to analyze the band structures of these materials.