• 文献标题:   Spontaneous parity breaking of graphene in the quantum Hall regime
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FUCHS JN, LEDERER P
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Paris 11
  • 被引频次:   120
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.016803
  • 出版年:   2007

▎ 摘  要

We propose that the inversion symmetry of the graphene honeycomb lattice is spontaneously broken via a magnetic-field-dependent Peierls distortion. This leads to valley splitting of the n=0 Landau level but not of the other Landau levels. Compared to quantum Hall valley ferromagnetism recently discussed in the literature, lattice distortion provides an alternative explanation to all of the currently observed quantum Hall plateaus in graphene.