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arXiv 2004.02787cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hall
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二阶磁拓扑绝缘体的普适方法

Universal Approach to Magnetic Second-Order Topological Insulator

Cong Chen, Zhida Song, Jian-Zhou Zhao, Ziyu Chen, Zhi-Ming Yu, Xian-Lei Sheng, Shengyuan A. Yang

摘要:

我们提出了一种通用的实用方法来实现磁性二阶拓扑绝缘体(SOTI)材料,适当打破传统的(一阶)拓扑绝缘体的时间反演对称性的基础上。该方法适用于三维(3D)和二维(2D),并且特别适合于2D,其中它可以通过将量子自旋霍尔绝缘体与磁性衬底耦合来实现。利用第一性原理计算,我们预测了铋在EuO(111)表面上作为第一个实际的二维磁性SOTI体系。我们明确地证明了受保护的角状态的存在。得益于大的自旋轨道耦合和相当大的磁邻近效应,这些角态位于边界间隙$\sim 83$ meV,因此可以很容易地在实验中探测。通过控制磁相变,系统中可以同时实现一阶TI和SOTI之间的拓扑相变。讨论了对称性破缺的影响、与填充异常的关系以及实验检测。

英文摘要:

We propose a universal practical approach to realize magnetic second-order topological insulator (SOTI) materials, based on properly breaking the time reversal symmetry in conventional (first-order) topological insulators. The approach works for both three dimensions (3D) and two dimensions (2D), and is particularly suitable for 2D, where it can be achieved by coupling a quantum spin Hall insulator with a magnetic substrate. Using first-principles calculations, we predict bismuthene on EuO(111) surface as the first realistic system for a 2D magnetic SOTI. We explicitly demonstrate the existence of the protected corner states. Benefited from the large spin-orbit coupling and sizable magnetic proximity effect, these corner states are located in a boundary gap $\sim 83$ meV, hence can be readily probed in experiment. By controlling the magnetic phase transition, a topological phase transition between a first-order TI and a SOTI can be simultaneously achieved in the system. The effect of symmetry breaking, the connection with filling anomaly, and the experimental detection are discussed.

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