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混合二维拓扑绝缘体中的非局域输运

Nonlocal transport in a hybrid two-dimensional topological insulator

Yanxia Xing, Qing-feng Sun

摘要:

研究了由注入器和探测器组成的H型二维HgTe/CdTe量子阱中的非定域电阻,注入器和探测器都可以在量子自旋霍尔或金属自旋霍尔区进行调谐.由于HgTe/CdTe量子阱中存在强的自旋-轨道相互作用,因此在量子阱中存在自旋霍尔效应和非局域电阻。我们发现当探测器和注入器都处于量子自旋霍尔区时,非局域电阻量子化在$0.25\frac{h}{e^2}$,这对弱无序散射和小磁场是鲁棒的。当超过这个区域时,非局域电阻迅速减小,并受到无序和磁场的强烈抑制。在强磁场作用下,量子自旋霍尔区将转变为量子霍尔区,非局域电阻将消失。HgTe/CdTe量子阱特殊的能带结构产生了非局域信号,这种非局域信号在不同杂化区域的表现形式可以看作是二维拓扑绝缘体中螺旋量子自旋霍尔边缘态的指纹。

英文摘要:

We study nonlocal resistance in an H-shaped two-dimensional HgTe/CdTe quantum well consist of injector and detector, both of which can be tuned in the quantum spin Hall or metallic spin Hall regime. Because of strong spin-orbit interaction, there always exist spin Hall effect and the nonlocal resistance in HgTe/CdTe quantum well. We find that when both detector and injector are in the quantum spin Hall regime, the nonlocal resistance is quantized at $0.25\frac{h}{e^2}$, which is robust against weak disorder scattering and small magnetic field. While beyond this regime, the nonlocal resistance decreases rapidly and will be strongly suppressed by disorder and magnetic field. In the presence of strong magnetic field, the quantum spin Hall regime will be switched into the quantum Hall regime and the nonlocal resistance will disappear. The nonlocal signal and its various manifestation in different hybrid regimes originate from the special band structure of HgTe/CdTe quantum well, and can be considered as the fingerprint of the helical quantum spin Hall edge states in two-dimensional topological insulator.

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