Helical edge states in multiple topological mass domains

被引：24

作者：

Michetti, P. ^{[1
]}

Penteado, P. H. ^{[1
,2
]}

Egues, J. C. ^{[2
]}

Recher, P. ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany

[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis Sao Carlos, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

[3] TU Braunschweig, Inst Math Phys, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

来源：

SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2012年 / 27卷 / 12期

基金：

巴西圣保罗研究基金会;

关键词：

HGTE QUANTUM-WELLS; SINGLE DIRAC CONE; INSULATOR; SURFACE; BI2TE3; PHASE;

D O I：

10.1088/0268-1242/27/12/124007

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The two-dimensional topological insulating phase has been experimentally discovered in HgTe quantum wells. The low-energy physics of two-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) is described by the Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang (BHZ) model, where the realization of a topological or a normal insulating phase depends on the Dirac mass being negative or positive, respectively. We solve the BHZ model for a mass domain configuration, analyzing the effects on the edge modes of a finite Dirac mass in the normal insulating region (soft-wall boundary condition). We show that at a boundary between a TI and a normal insulator (NI), the Dirac point of the edge states appearing at the interface strongly depends on the ratio between the Dirac masses in the two regions. We also consider the case of multiple boundaries such as NI/TI/NI, TI/NI/TI and NI/TI/NI/TI.

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