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Topological states in multi-orbital HgTe honeycomb lattices

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  • W. Beugeling

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme)

  • E. Kalesaki

    (UMR CNRS 8520, 41 Boulevard Vauban
    Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg)

  • C. Delerue

    (UMR CNRS 8520, 41 Boulevard Vauban)

  • Y.-M. Niquet

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SP2M, L_Sim, 17 avenue des Martyrs
    CEA, INAC-SP2M, L_Sim, 17 avenue des Martyrs)

  • D. Vanmaekelbergh

    (Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1)

  • C. Morais Smith

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4)

Abstract

Research on graphene has revealed remarkable phenomena arising in the honeycomb lattice. However, the quantum spin Hall effect predicted at the K point could not be observed in graphene and other honeycomb structures of light elements due to an insufficiently strong spin–orbit coupling. Here we show theoretically that 2D honeycomb lattices of HgTe can combine the effects of the honeycomb geometry and strong spin–orbit coupling. The conduction bands, experimentally accessible via doping, can be described by a tight-binding lattice model as in graphene, but including multi-orbital degrees of freedom and spin–orbit coupling. This results in very large topological gaps (up to 35 meV) and a flattened band detached from the others. Owing to this flat band and the sizable Coulomb interaction, honeycomb structures of HgTe constitute a promising platform for the observation of a fractional Chern insulator or a fractional quantum spin Hall phase.

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  • W. Beugeling & E. Kalesaki & C. Delerue & Y.-M. Niquet & D. Vanmaekelbergh & C. Morais Smith, 2015. "Topological states in multi-orbital HgTe honeycomb lattices," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms7316
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7316
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