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Reentrant quantum spin Hall effect in the presence of an exchange field

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-06-16 v1

Abstract

Driven by various physical origins, the interesting reentrant phenomena in quantum Hall effect (QHE), quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) and non-Hermitian systems have been discussed recently. Here, we present that the reentrant phenomena of quantum spin Hall effect (QSHE) can be achieved by introducing a uniform exchange field into a topological insulator with a four-band model Hamiltonian. Furthermore, it is found that both time-reversal (TR) symmetry broken QSHE and spin-polarized QAHE can simultaneously be generated in the system with proper exchange field strength by inspecting the corresponding edge states. Through analyzing the energy dependent spin-Chern number νs\nu_s and transmission in the presence of random disorders, we verify the topological protection and the robustness of induced QSHE and QAHE. Finally, the theoretical realization of reentrant QSHE in a topolectrical circuit is demonstrated. Our work not only extends the reentrant phenomena into the QSHE but also stimulates interest in their realization in different systems.

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@article{arxiv.2306.08225,
  title  = {Reentrant quantum spin Hall effect in the presence of an exchange field},
  author = {Xiaoyu Cheng and Xiaohong Zheng and Jun Chen and Liantuan Xiao and Suotang Jia and Lei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.08225},
  year   = {2023}
}

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