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arXiv 1206.3608cond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.mtrl-sciphysics.comp-ph
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拓扑绝缘体上外延石墨烯中邻近诱导的巨自旋轨道相互作用

Proximity-induced giant spin-orbit interaction in epitaxial graphene on topological insulator

Kyung-Hwan Jin, Seung-Hoon Jhi

摘要:

Dirac材料的异质结构,如石墨烯和拓扑绝缘体,为探索固体中电子的奇异量子态提供了有趣的平台。本文采用密度泛函理论和紧束缚方法研究了石墨烯-Sb 2 Te 3异质结构的电子结构。我们发现,在Sb 2 Te 3上的外延石墨烯由于其接近拓扑绝缘Sb 2 Te 3而转变为量子自旋霍尔相。发现外延石墨烯发展出约~20 meV的巨大自旋-轨道能隙,这比原始石墨烯的自旋-轨道能隙大约三个数量级。我们讨论了这种增强的自旋-轨道相互作用的起源和可能的结果的自旋霍尔阶段在石墨烯。

英文摘要:

Heterostructures of Dirac materials such as graphene and topological insulators provide interesting platforms to explore exotic quantum states of electrons in solids. Here we study the electronic structure of graphene-Sb2Te3 heterostructure using density functional theory and tight-binding methods. We show that the epitaxial graphene on Sb2Te3 turns into quantum spin-Hall phase due to its proximity to the topological insulating Sb2Te3. It is found that the epitaxial graphene develops a giant spin-orbit gap of about ~20 meV, which is about three orders of magnitude larger than that of pristine graphene. We discuss the origin of such enhancement of the spin-orbit interaction and possible outcomes of the spin-Hall phase in graphene.

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