• 文献标题:   Valley symmetry breaking and gap tuning in graphene by spin doping
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HILL A, SINNER A, ZIEGLER K
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  • 出版物名称:   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1367-2630
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Augsburg
  • 被引频次:   14
  • DOI:   10.1088/1367-2630/13/3/035023
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We study graphene with an adsorbed spin texture, where the localized spins create a periodic magnetic flux. The latter produces gaps in the graphene spectrum and breaks the valley symmetry. The resulting effective electronic model, which is similar to Haldane's periodic flux model, allows us to tune the gap of one valley independently from that of the other valley. This leads to the formation of two Hall plateaux and a quantum Hall transition. We discuss the density of states, optical longitudinal and Hall conductivities for nonzero frequencies and nonzero temperatures. A robust logarithmic singularity appears in the Hall conductivity when the frequency of the external field agrees with the width of the gap.