• 文献标题:   Edge states and phase diagram for graphene under polarized light
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG YX, LI FX
  • 作者关键词:   floquet topological insulator, phase diagram, disorder
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA BCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0921-4526 EI 1873-2135
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jiangnan Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physb.2016.03.029
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we investigate the topological phase transitions in graphene under the modulation of circularly polarized light, by analyzing the changes of edge states and its topological structures. A full phase diagram, with several different topological phases, is presented in the parameter space spanned by the driving frequency and light strength. We find that the high-Chern number behavior is very common in the driven system. While the one-photon resonance can create the chiral edge states in the pi-gap, the two-photon resonance will induce the counter-propagating edge modes in the zero-energy gap. When the driving light strength is strong, the number and even the chirality of the edge states may change in the pi-gap. The robustness of the edge states to disorder potential is also examined. We close by discussing the feasibility of experimental proposals. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.