• 文献标题:   SU(4) Skyrmions in the nu = +/- 1 Quantum Hall State of Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIAN Y, ROSCH A, GOERBIG MO
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Paris Saclay
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.056806
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We explore different Skyrmion types in the lowest Landau level of graphene at a filling factor nu = +/- 1. In addition to the formation of spin and valley pseudospin Skyrmions, we show that another type of spin-valley entangled Skyrmions can be stabilized in graphene due to an approximate SU(4) spin-valley symmetry that is affected by sublattice symmetry-breaking terms. These Skyrmions have a clear signature in spin-resolved density measurements on the lattice scale, and we discuss the expected patterns for the different Skyrmion types.