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Z2拓扑绝缘体的锯齿边缘模:重入射和完全平坦谱

Zigzag edge modes in Z2 topological insulator: reentrance and completely flat spectrum

Ken-Ichiro Imura, Ai Yamakage, Shijun Mao, Akira Hotta, Yoshio Kuramoto

摘要:

利用Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang(BHZ)模型,在正方晶格上导出了Z_2拓扑绝缘体螺旋边缘模的谱和波函数。BHZ模型的特征在于“质量”项M(k),其参数化为M(k)= Delta-Bk ^2。拓扑绝缘体实现当参数Delta和B落在该区域时,0 < Delta /B < 4或4 < Delta /B < 8。在Delta /B = 4处,其分离正和负(量子化)自旋霍尔电导率的情况,边缘模式示出取决于边缘几何形状的相应变化。在(1,0)-边缘中,尽管边缘模的主要位置从Delta /B < 4的区域中心移动到Delta/B> 4的1D布里渊区的区域边界,但是边缘模的频谱随Delta /B的变化而保持不变。在(1,1)-边缘几何结构中,在区域中心处的群速度在Delta /B = 4处改变符号,其中频谱在整个1D布里渊区域上变得与动量无关,即平坦。此外,对于Delta/B < 1.354.从区中心开始的边缘模式在1D布里渊区的中间区域中消失,但是在区边界附近重新进入,在该边界处边缘模式的能量略微低于最低体激发。另一方面,重入模在实空间中的行为与普通的边缘模是不可区分的。

英文摘要:

The spectrum and wave function of helical edge modes in Z_2 topological insulator are derived on a square lattice using Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang (BHZ) model. The BHZ model is characterized by a "mass" term M (k) that is parameterized as M (k) = Delta - B k^2. A topological insulator realizes when the parameters Delta and B fall on the regime, either 0 < Delta /B < 4 or 4 < Delta /B < 8. At Delta /B = 4, which separates the cases of positive and negative (quantized) spin Hall conductivities, the edge modes show a corresponding change that depends on the edge geometry. In the (1,0)-edge, the spectrum of edge mode remains the same against change of Delta /B, although the main location of the mode moves from the zone center for Delta /B < 4, to the zone boundary for Delta /B > 4 of the 1D Brillouin zone. In the (1,1)-edge geometry, the group velocity at the zone center changes sign at Delta /B = 4 where the spectrum becomes independent of the momentum, i.e. flat, over the whole 1D Brillouin zone. Furthermore, for Delta/B < 1.354..., the edge mode starting from the zone center vanishes in an intermediate region of the 1D Brillouin zone, but reenters near the zone boundary, where the energy of the edge mode is marginally below the lowest bulk excitations. On the other hand, the behavior of reentrant mode in real space is indistinguishable from an ordinary edge mode.

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