• 文献标题:   Quantum anomalous Hall effect in graphene coupled to skyrmions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LADO JL, FERNANDEZROSSIER J
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Int Iberian Nanotechnol Lab INL
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.92.115433
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Skyrmions are topologically protected spin textures, characterized by a topological winding number N, that occur spontaneously in some magnetic materials. Recent experiments have demonstrated the capability to grow graphene on top Fe/Ir, a system that exhibits a two-dimensional skyrmion lattice. Here we show that a weak exchange coupling between the Dirac electrons in graphene and a two-dimensional skyrmion lattice with N = +/- 1 drives graphene into a quantum anomalous Hall phase, with a band gap in bulk, a Chern number C = 2N, and chiral edge states with perfect quantization of conductance G = 2Ne(2)/h. Our findings imply that the topological properties of the skyrmion lattice can be imprinted in the Dirac electrons of graphene.