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arXiv 1909.09326cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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锡薄膜中的量子自旋霍尔绝缘体:锡以外的研究

Quantum Spin Hall Insulators in Tin Films: Beyond Stanene

Jiaheng Li, Yong Xu

摘要:

大间隙量子自旋霍尔(QSH)绝缘体先前预测在锡烯及其衍生物。除了锡烯是最薄的$α$ -Sn(111)薄膜之外,我们还计划探索具有不同结晶取向的$α$ -Sn薄膜中的QSH绝缘体。我们的第一性原理计算揭示了$α$ -Sn(100)和(110)薄膜的厚度依赖性带隙并不像量子限制通常预期的那样显示出单调减小,而是显示出振荡变化行为,这是拓扑量子相变的指示。虽然这些薄膜在超导极限下是正常的绝缘体,但QSH相出现在约10层的临界薄膜厚度以上。值得注意的是,QSH绝缘体可在宽的厚度范围内获得,并且它们的能隙是相当大的(甚至$>$ 0.1 eV),这有利于高温QSH效应的实验实现。

英文摘要:

Large-gap quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulators were previously predicted in stanene and its derivatives. Beyond stanene that is the thinnest $α$-Sn(111) film, we propose to explore QSH insulators in $α$-Sn films with different crystallographic orientations. Our first-principles calculations reveal that the thickness-dependent band gap of $α$-Sn (100) and (110) films does not show a monotonic decrease as typically expected by quantum confinement, but displays an oscillating change behavior, an indicative of topological quantum phase transition. While these films are normal insulators in the ultrathin limit, the QSH phase emerges above a critical film thickness of around 10 layers. Remarkably, the QSH insulators are obtainable within a wide thickness range and their energy gaps are sizable (even $>$0.1 eV), which facilitates experimental realization of the high-temperature QSH effect.

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