Spin Superfluidity in the $\nu=0$ Quantum Hall State of Graphene
Abstract
A proposal to detect the purported canted antiferromagnet order for the quantum Hall state of graphene based on a two-terminal spin transport setup is theoretically discussed. In the presence of a magnetic field normal to the graphene plane, a dynamic and inhomogeneous texture of the N\'eel vector lying within the plane should mediate (nearly dissipationless) superfluid transport of spin angular momentum polarized along the axis, which could serve as a strong support for the canted antiferromagnet scenario. Spin injection and detection can be achieved by coupling two spin-polarized edge channels of the quantum Hall state on two opposite ends of the region. A simple kinetic theory and Onsager reciprocity are invoked to model the spin injection and detection processes, and the transport of spin through the antiferromagnet is accounted for using the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert phenomenology.
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@article{arxiv.1506.01061,
title = {Spin Superfluidity in the $\nu=0$ Quantum Hall State of Graphene},
author = {So Takei and Amir Yacoby and Bertrand I. Halperin and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.01061},
year = {2016}
}
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5 pages; 5 figures