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Frank, Tobias ; Högl, Petra ; Gmitra, Martin ; Kochan, Denis ; Fabian, Jaroslav

Protected Pseudohelical Edge States in Z2-Trivial Proximitized Graphene

Frank, Tobias, Högl, Petra, Gmitra, Martin , Kochan, Denis und Fabian, Jaroslav (2018) Protected Pseudohelical Edge States in Z2-Trivial Proximitized Graphene. Physical Review Letters (PRL) 120 (15), S. 156402.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 27 Apr 2018 08:33
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.37214


Zusammenfassung

We investigate topological properties of models that describe graphene on realistic substrates which induce proximity spin-orbit coupling in graphene. A Z(2) phase diagram is calculated for the parameter space of (generally different) intrinsic spin-orbit coupling on the two graphene sublattices, in the presence of Rashba coupling. The most fascinating case is that of staggered intrinsic ...

We investigate topological properties of models that describe graphene on realistic substrates which induce proximity spin-orbit coupling in graphene. A Z(2) phase diagram is calculated for the parameter space of (generally different) intrinsic spin-orbit coupling on the two graphene sublattices, in the presence of Rashba coupling. The most fascinating case is that of staggered intrinsic spin-orbit coupling which, despite being topologically trivial, Z(2) = 0, does exhibit edge states protected by time-reversal symmetry for zigzag ribbons as wide as micrometers. We call these states pseudohelical as their helicity is locked to the sublattice. The spin character and robustness of the pseudohelical modes is best exhibited on a finite flake, which shows that the edge states have zero g factor, carry a pure spin current in the cross section of the flake, and exhibit spin-flip reflectionless tunneling at the armchair edges.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhysical Review Letters (PRL)
Verlag:AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Ort der Veröffentlichung:COLLEGE PK
Band:120
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:15
Seitenbereich:S. 156402
Datum9 April 2018
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Theoretische Physik
Physik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Richter > Arbeitsgruppe Jaroslav Fabian
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.156402DOI
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https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.156402Orginalarbeit
Stichwörter / KeywordsHETEROSTRUCTURES; SPINTRONICS;
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-372145
Dokumenten-ID37214

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