Yu Hang, Liu Jun-Feng
Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Sci Rep. 2016 May 3;6:25361. doi: 10.1038/srep25361.
We show that the spontaneous magnetization is formed at the zigzag boundary between monolayer and bilayer graphene by the self-consistent calculation based on Hubbard model. In a monolayer- bilayer graphene superlattice with zigzag boundaries, it is surprising that nearly 100% spin polarization is achieved in the energy window around the Dirac point, no matter the magnetization configuration at two boundaries is parallel or antiparallel. The reason is that the low-energy transport is only influenced by the magnetization at one edge, but not by that at the other. The underlying physics is unveiled by the spin-split band structure and the distribution of the wave-function pertaining to the lowest (highest) subband of electron (hole).
我们通过基于哈伯德模型的自洽计算表明,在单层和双层石墨烯之间的锯齿形边界处形成了自发磁化。在具有锯齿形边界的单层 - 双层石墨烯超晶格中,令人惊讶的是,无论两个边界处的磁化构型是平行还是反平行,在狄拉克点周围的能量窗口中都能实现近100%的自旋极化。原因是低能输运仅受一个边缘处的磁化影响,而不受另一个边缘处的磁化影响。自旋分裂能带结构以及与电子(空穴)最低(最高)子带相关的波函数分布揭示了其 underlying physics。 (注:“underlying physics”直译为“潜在物理”,这里结合语境意译为“潜在物理机制”更合适,但按要求不能添加解释,故保留原文)