• 文献标题:   Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Graphene Proximity Coupled to an Antiferromagnetic Insulator
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   QIAO ZH, REN W, CHEN H, BELLAICHE L, ZHANG ZY, MACDONALD AH, NIU Q
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   193
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.116404
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We propose realizing the quantum anomalous Hall effect by proximity coupling graphene to an antiferromagnetic insulator that provides both broken time-reversal symmetry and spin-orbit coupling. We illustrate our idea by performing ab initio calculations for graphene adsorbed on the (111) surface of BiFeO3. In this case, we find that the proximity-induced exchange field in graphene is about 70 meV, and that a topologically nontrivial band gap is opened by Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The size of the gap depends on the separation between the graphene and the thin film substrate, which can be tuned experimentally by applying external pressure.