• 文献标题:   Collective edge modes near the onset of a graphene quantum spin Hall state
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MURTHY G, SHIMSHONI E, FERTIG HA
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Kentucky
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.90.241410
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Graphene subject to a strong, tilted magnetic field exhibits an insulator-metal transition tunable by tilt angle, attributed to the transition from a canted antiferromagnetic (CAF) to a ferromagnetic (FM) bulk state at filling factor nu = 0. We develop a theoretical description for the spin and valley edge textures in the two phases, and the implied evolution in the nature of edge modes through the transition. In particular, we show that the CAF has gapless neutral modes in the bulk, but supports gapped charged edge modes. At the transition to the FM state the charged edge modes become gapless and are smoothly connected to the helical edge modes of the FM state. Possible experimental consequences are discussed.