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arXiv 1503.05966cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hall
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层状拓扑晶体绝缘体

Layered Topological Crystalline Insulators

Youngkuk Kim, C. L. Kane, E. J. Mele, Andrew M. Rappe

摘要:

拓扑晶体绝缘体(TCI)是其拓扑性质依赖于一般晶体对称性的绝缘材料。基于第一性原理计算,我们研究了由二维TCI层堆叠而成的三维晶体。根据层间相互作用,层状晶体可以实现不同的3D拓扑相位,其特征在于在布里渊区中的不等效镜不变平面上定义的两个镜陈数(MCN)($μ_1,μ_2$)。作为一个例子,我们证明了新的TCI相可以实现在层状材料,如PbSe(001)单层/h-BN异质结构,并可以通过机械应变调谐。我们的研究结果揭示了MCN在倒易空间中不等价镜像对称平面上的作用,并为寻找新的拓扑材料开辟了新的可能性。

英文摘要:

Topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) are insulating materials whose topological property relies on generic crystalline symmetries. Based on first-principles calculations, we study a three-dimensional (3D) crystal constructed by stacking two-dimensional TCI layers. Depending on the inter-layer interaction, the layered crystal can realize diverse 3D topological phases characterized by two mirror Chern numbers (MCNs) ($μ_1,μ_2$) defined on inequivalent mirror-invariant planes in the Brillouin zone. As an example, we demonstrate that new TCI phases can be realized in layered materials such as a PbSe (001) monolayer/h-BN heterostructure and can be tuned by mechanical strain. Our results shed light on the role of the MCNs on inequivalent mirror-symmetric planes in reciprocal space and open new possibilities for finding new topological materials.

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