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Z2拓扑绝缘体中的等离激元

Plasmons in Z2 Topological Insulators

Yuling Guan, Stephan Haas, Henning Schlomer, Zhihao Jiang

AI总结:

本文采用RPA研究Kane-Mele模型,揭示QSH边缘无带隙自旋极化等离激元的手性传播及磁场调控机制,并在菱形纳米片中发现边界环流低能等离激元。

摘要:

我们利用无规相近似(RPA)研究了Kane-Mele模型中的等离激元激发,该模型是蜂窝晶格上的二维Z2拓扑绝缘体。在拓扑非平庸相中,该模型具有横穿体能隙并表现出自旋-动量锁定的导电边缘态。这种物态被称为量子自旋霍尔(QSH)相,对时间反演(TR)不变的微扰具有鲁棒性。我们发现,在QSH相中,可以在系统边缘激发无带隙的自旋极化等离激元。对于每个单独的自旋分量,这些等离激元的传播是手性的,并且在同一边缘上两个自旋分量都表现出自旋-动量锁定。此外,我们研究了外部磁场对无带隙边缘等离激元的影响。具体而言,面外磁场会使沿一个方向传播的边缘等离激元离域,而不影响沿另一方向传播的等离激元;同时,通过对系统进行适当的掺杂或栅控,可以施加面内磁场来选择性激发特定的自旋-等离激元分支。我们的发现可能在新型等离激元和自旋电子器件中具有潜在应用。我们还研究了有限尺寸菱形纳米片上Kane-Mele模型中的等离激元,并观察到沿材料边界环流的低能等离激元。

英文摘要:

We study plasmonic excitations in the Kane-Mele model, a two-dimensional Z2 topological insulator on the honeycomb lattice, using the random phase approximation (RPA). In the topologically non-trivial phase, the model has conducting edge states that traverse the bulk energy gap and display spin-momentum-locking. Such a state of matter is called the quantum spin hall (QSH) phase, which is robust against time-reversal (TR) invariant perturbations. We find that in the QSH phase, gapless spin-polarized plasmons can be excited on the edges of the system. The propagation of these plasmons is chiral for each individual spin component and shows spin-momentum-locking for both spin components on the same edge. Moreover, we study the effect of external magnetic fields on the gapless edge plasmons. Specifically, out-of-plane magnetic fields delocalize edge plasmons propagating in one direction without affecting the other one, while an in-plane magnetic field can be applied to selectively excite a specific spin-plasmon branch with proper doping or gating to the system. Our findings may have potential applications in novel plasmonic and spintronic devices. We also investigate plasmons in the Kane-Mele model on a finite-sized diamond-shaped nanoflake and observe low-energy plasmons circulating the boundary of the material.

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