Prospect of quantum anomalous Hall and quantum spin Hall effect in doped kagome lattice Mott insulators

  • Electronic states with non-trivial topology host a number of novel phenomena with potential for revolutionizing information technology. The quantum anomalous Hall effect provides spin-polarized dissipation-free transport of electrons, while the quantum spin Hall effect in combination with superconductivity has been proposed as the basis for realizing decoherence-free quantum computing. We introduce a new strategy for realizing these effects, namely by hole and electron doping kagome lattice Mott insulators through, for instance, chemical substitution. As an example, we apply this new approach to the natural mineral herbertsmithite. We prove the feasibility of the proposed modifications by performing ab-initio density functional theory calculations and demonstrate the occurrence of the predicted effects using realistic models. Our results herald a new family of quantum anomalous Hall and quantum spin Hall insulators at affordable energy/temperature scales based on kagome lattices of transition metal ions.

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Author:Daniel GuterdingORCiDGND, Harald O. JeschkeORCiD, Roser ValentíORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-422316
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25988
ISSN:2045-2322
ArXiv Id:http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.05686
Parent Title (English):Scientific reports
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/12/06
Date of first Publication:2016/05/17
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/12/08
Volume:6
Issue:Artikel 25988
Page Number:8
First Page:1
Last Page:8
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HeBIS-PPN:421523751
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0