• 文献标题:   Unbalanced edge modes and topological phase transition in gated trilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI X, QIAO ZH, JUNG J, NIU Q
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Texas Austin
  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.85.201404
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Gapless edge modes hosted by chirally stacked trilayer graphene display unique features when a bulk gap is opened by applying an interlayer potential difference. We show that trilayer graphene with half-integer valley Hall conductivity leads to unbalanced edge modes at opposite zigzag boundaries, resulting in a natural valley current polarizer. This unusual characteristic is preserved in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling that turns a gated trilayer graphene into a Z(2) topological insulator with an odd number of helical edge mode pairs.