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arXiv 1902.10085cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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多铁性六方晶系锰氧化物的拓扑半金属特征

Topological Semimetal features in the Multiferroic Hexagonal Manganites

Sophie F. Weber, Sinéad M. Griffin, Jeffrey B. Neaton

摘要:

利用第一性原理计算研究了铁磁六方锰氧化物$\mathrm{YXO_3}$(X=V,Cr,Mn,Fe和Co)在非极性非对称$P6_3/mmc$空间群中的能带结构.对于$\mathrm{YVO_3}$和$\mathrm{YCrO_3}$,我们发现费米能附近的带反转,在$k_z=0$镜像平面中产生节环。我们对这些化合物进行了更详细的分析,并预测了拓扑“鼓面”表面状态的存在。最后,我们简要地讨论了这些系统的低对称极性相(空间群$P6_3cm$),并表明它们可以通过软$K_3$和$Γ_2^-$声子的凝聚而经历$P6_3/mmc \rightarrow P6_3cm$跃迁。根据我们的研究结果,稳定这些化合物在六方相可以提供一个有前途的平台,研究拓扑结构和多铁性的相互作用,以及在同一阶段的实空间和倒易空间拓扑保护的共存。

英文摘要:

Using first-principles calculations we examine the band structures of ferromagnetic hexagonal manganites $\mathrm{YXO_3}$ (X=V, Cr, Mn, Fe and Co) in the nonpolar nonsymmorphic $P6_3/mmc$ space group. For $\mathrm{YVO_3}$ and $\mathrm{YCrO_3}$ we find a band inversion near the Fermi energy that generates a nodal ring in the $k_z=0$ mirror plane. We perform a more detailed analysis for these compounds and predict the existence of the topological "drumhead" surface states. Finally, we briefly discuss the low-symmetry polar phases (space group $P6_3cm$) of these systems, and show they can undergo a $P6_3/mmc \rightarrow P6_3cm$ transition by condensation of soft $K_3$ and $Γ_2^-$ phonons. Based on our findings, stabilizing these compounds in the hexagonal phase could offer a promising platform for studying the interplay of topology and multiferroicity, and the coexistence of real-space and reciprocal-space topological protection in the same phase.

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