CT invariant quantum spin Hall effect in a ferromagnetic graphene
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-05-18 v1
Abstract
We predict a quantum spin Hall effect (QSHE) in the ferromagnetic graphene under a magnetic field. Unlike the previous QSHE, this QSHE appears in the absence of any spin-orbit interaction, thus, arrived from a different physical origin. The previous QSHE is protected by the time-reversal (T) invariance. This new QSHE is protected by the CT invariance, where C is the charge conjugation operation. Due to this QSHE, the longitudinal resistance exhibits quantum plateaus. The plateau values are at 1/2, 1/6, 3/28, ..., (in the unit of ), depending on the filling factors of the spin-up and spin-down carriers. The spin Hall resistance is also investigated and is found to be robust against the disorder.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1002.3666,
title = {CT invariant quantum spin Hall effect in a ferromagnetic graphene},
author = {Qing-feng Sun and X. C. Xie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3666},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures