Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking

Abstract Altermagnetism emerges as the third fundamental collinear magnetism recently. Associating nontrivial topology and quantum orders to this newly established magnetism is an important physical topic and may lead to interesting physics such as unusual quantum spin Hall effect with time-reversal...

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Main Authors: Hai-Yang Ma, Jin-Feng Jia
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2024-11-01
Series:Quantum Frontiers
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s44214-024-00070-4
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description Abstract Altermagnetism emerges as the third fundamental collinear magnetism recently. Associating nontrivial topology and quantum orders to this newly established magnetism is an important physical topic and may lead to interesting physics such as unusual quantum spin Hall effect with time-reversal-symmetry breaking, topological superconductivity and spin-valley locking. Here, we first generalize the spinless Haldane model from the usual honeycomb lattice to the otherwise simpler square lattice. We then restore the doublet spin degree of freedom, the resulted spinful model resembles the Kane-Mele model and is able to describe the unprecedented physics which intertwine C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking, Dirac physics, nontrivial band topology and altermagnetism. Our works shed lights on future studies and applications in spintronics and valleytronics for altermagnetic materials, the lattice theories developed in this article may also find their broad applications to optical lattice with ultra cold atoms, photonic lattice, etc. other than the usual electronic systems.
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spelling doaj-art-5a06d6fe8fca48198f960ef34aac1f392024-11-17T12:39:59ZengSpringerQuantum Frontiers2731-61062024-11-01311510.1007/s44214-024-00070-4Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley lockingHai-Yang Ma0Jin-Feng Jia1Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay AreaQuantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay AreaAbstract Altermagnetism emerges as the third fundamental collinear magnetism recently. Associating nontrivial topology and quantum orders to this newly established magnetism is an important physical topic and may lead to interesting physics such as unusual quantum spin Hall effect with time-reversal-symmetry breaking, topological superconductivity and spin-valley locking. Here, we first generalize the spinless Haldane model from the usual honeycomb lattice to the otherwise simpler square lattice. We then restore the doublet spin degree of freedom, the resulted spinful model resembles the Kane-Mele model and is able to describe the unprecedented physics which intertwine C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking, Dirac physics, nontrivial band topology and altermagnetism. Our works shed lights on future studies and applications in spintronics and valleytronics for altermagnetic materials, the lattice theories developed in this article may also find their broad applications to optical lattice with ultra cold atoms, photonic lattice, etc. other than the usual electronic systems.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44214-024-00070-4AltermagnetismTopological insulatorSpin-valley lockingDirac physics
spellingShingle Hai-Yang Ma
Jin-Feng Jia
Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking
Quantum Frontiers
Altermagnetism
Topological insulator
Spin-valley locking
Dirac physics
title Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking
title_full Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking
title_fullStr Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking
title_full_unstemmed Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking
title_short Altermagnetic topological insulator with C $\mathcal{C}$ -paired spin-valley locking
title_sort altermagnetic topological insulator with c mathcal c paired spin valley locking
topic Altermagnetism
Topological insulator
Spin-valley locking
Dirac physics
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s44214-024-00070-4
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