• 文献标题:   Heterostructures of Graphene and Topological Insulators Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3, and Sb2Te3
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   ZOLLNER K, FABIAN J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, heterostructure, proximity spinorbit coupling, spintronic, topological insulator
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI BBASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0370-1972 EI 1521-3951
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Regensburg
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/pssb.202000081 EA MAY 2020
  • 出版年:  

▎ 摘  要

Prototypical 3D topological insulators of the Bi2Se3 family provide a beautiful example of the appearance of the surface states inside the bulk bandgap caused by spin-orbit coupling-induced topology. The surface states are protected against backscattering by time reversal symmetry, and exhibit spin-momentum locking whereby the electron spin is polarized perpendicular to the momentum, typically in the plane of the surface. In contrast, graphene is a prototypical 2D material, with negligible spin-orbit coupling. When graphene is placed on the surface of a topological insulator, giant spin-orbit coupling is induced by the proximity effect, enabling interesting novel electronic properties of its Dirac electrons. A detailed theoretical study of the proximity effects of monolayer graphene and topological insulators Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3, and Sb2Te3 is presented, and the appearance of the qualitatively new spin-orbit splittings, well described by a phenomenological Hamiltonian, is elucidated by analyzing the orbital decomposition of the involved band structures. This should be useful for building microscopic models of the proximity effects between the surfaces of the topological insulators and graphene.