• 文献标题:   Quantum anomalous Hall effect and giant Rashba spin-orbit splitting in graphene system co-doped with boron and 5d transition-metal atoms
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DENG XZ, YANG HL, QI SF, XU XH, QIAO ZH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, quantum anomalous hall effect, spinorbit coupling
  • 出版物名称:   FRONTIERS OF PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   2095-0462
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11467-018-0806-y
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is a fundamental quantum transport phenomenon in condensed matter physics. Until now, the QAHE has only been experimentally realized for Cr/V-doped (Bi, Sb)(2)Te-3 but at an extremely low observational temperature, thereby limiting its potential application in dissipationless quantum electronics. By employing first-principles calculations, we study the electronic structures of graphene co-doped with 5d transition metal and boron atoms based on a compensated n-p co-doping scheme. Our findings are as follows: i) The electrostatic attraction between the n- and p-type dopants effectively enhances the adsorption of metal adatoms and suppresses their undesirable clustering. ii) Hf-B and Os-B co-doped graphene systems can establish long-range ferro-magnetic order and open larger nontrivial band gaps because of the stronger spin-orbit coupling with the non-vanishing Berry curvatures to host the high-temperature QAHE. iii) The calculated Rashba splitting energies in Re-B and Pt-B co-doped graphene systems can reach up to 158 and 85 meV, respectively, which are several orders of magnitude higher than the reported intrinsic spin-orbit coupling strength.