Unveiling a crystalline topological insulator in a Weyl semimetal with time-reversal symmetry

被引:4
作者
Arrachea, Liliana [1 ,2 ]
Aligia, Armando A. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Fis, Pab 1,Ciudad Univ, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, IFIBA, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[3] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
[4] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Inst Balseiro, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
关键词
QUANTUM SPIN HALL; PHASE-TRANSITION; NANOWIRE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; REALIZATION; SIGNATURE;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125101
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
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摘要
We consider a natural generalization of the lattice model for a periodic array of two layers, A and B, of spinless electrons proposed by Fu [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 106802 (2011)] as a prototype for a crystalline insulator. This model has time-reversal symmetry and broken inversion symmetry. We show that when the intralayer next-nearest-neighbor hoppings t(2)(a), a = A, B vanish, this model supports a Weyl semimetal phase for a wide range of the remaining model parameters. When the effect of t(2)(a) is considered, topological crystalline insulating phases take place within the Weyl semimetal one. By mapping to an effective Weyl Hamiltonian we derive some analytical results for the phase diagram as well as for the structure of the nodes in the spectrum of the Weyl semimetal.
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