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Orbital-active honeycomb materials
Congjun Wu
Department of Physics, UC San Diego
Berkeley, 04/30/2019
K Kβ
πͺ
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Yi Li (UCSD Princeton Johns Hopkins)
Gufeng Zhang (UCSD experiment)
Shenglong Xu (UCSD Univ. Maryland)
S. Das Sarma (University of Maryland)
L. Balents (UCSB)
Chuanwei Zhang (Washington state UT Dallas)
Gang Li (Shanghai Tech.)
Werner Hanke (Wuerzburg Univ.)
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Collaborators
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Orbital-active
honeycomb(ππππ), (π ππ, π ππ)
(π ππβππ,
π ππβππ)
Large gap topo-insulator
Frustrated orbital exchange -120β model
f-wave supercond.
Flat band: Wigner crystal, ferromagnetism
Bismuthene, Stanene
Polariton lattice
Twisted bilayer graphene
transition metal oxides
K Kβ
πͺ
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The dual version (px, py) to graphene (pz)
Orbital-inactiveOrbital-active: degeneracy
E: (px, py)
A2 (ππ§) graphene
Recent foci:
bilayer twisted graphene(Paballo),
trilayer graphene: gate tunable Mott states (Feng Wang)
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How to find orbital-active honeycomb system?
1/r-like potential
β’ Need to passivate the π and ππ§-orbitals. 5
2s
2px 2py
1s
+ +
β’ Graphene is not orbital-acitive
π π2-hybridization 2π , 2ππ₯, 2ππ¦, strong π -bonds.
π -bands away from Fermi surface.
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Flat band ferromagnetism,
Wigner crystal
Flat band and Dirac cones (orbital-enriched)
C. Wu, D. Bergman, L. Balents, and S. Das Sarma, PRL 99, 70401 (2007).C. Wu, PRL 101, 186107 (2008).
Dirac cones: orbital structure large gap topo-insulator
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KKβ
πͺ
W. C. Lee, C. Wu, S. Das Sarma, PRA 2010; G.F. Zhang, Y. Li, C. Wu, PRB 90 (2014).
S. Z. Zhang, H. h. Hung, C. Wu, PRA 82, 053818 (2010).
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Topology and frustration
QAHI(I)
QAHI(II)
Mott Insulator
120β model
Doping (?)
semi-metal
f-wave SCπ/π‘
π/π‘
CW, PRL.100, 200406 (2008). Lee, CW, Das Sarma, PRA (2010).
arxiv1807.02528, Cava, Broholm et al.
NaNi2BiO6
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Orbital-active
honeycomb(ππππ), (π ππ, π ππ)
(π ππβππ,
π ππβππ)
Large gap topo-insulator
Frustrated orbital exchange -120β model
f-wave supercond.
Flat band: Wigner crystal, ferromagnetism
Bismuthene, Stanene
Polariton lattice
Twisted bilayer graphene
transition metal oxides
K Kβ
πͺ
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Minimal Hamiltonian (π -bonding)
yx ppp2
1
2
3
1 yx ppp2
1
2
3
2 y
pp 3
1e
2e
3e
].)Λ()([
].)Λ()([
.].)Λ()([
333
222
111//
cherprp
cherprp
cherprptHAr
t
β’ p-bonding neglected β good approx. in transition metal oxide. Not good in semiconductor.
p-bondtC. Wu, D. Bergman, L. Balents, and S. Das Sarma, PRL 99, 70401 (2007)
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Flat bands -- localized eigenstates
β’ If π‘β₯ is included, flat bands narrow bands .
C. Wu, D. Bergman, L. Balents, and S. Das Sarma, PRL 99, 70401 (2007).
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Observed! (polariton in the ππ₯-ππ¦ bands of the
honeycomb lattice)
βDirect Observation of Dirac Cones and a flatband in a honeycomb lattice for Polaritonsβ,
T. Jacqmin, I. Carusotto, et al. PRL 112, 116402 (2014)
xpyp
s
+-
+-
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β’ Wigner crystal (spinlessfermions or bosons).
Strong correlations in the flat-band
C. Wu, D. Bergman, L. Balents, and S.
Das Sarma, PRL 99, 70401 (2007).
S
β’ Flat-band FM for spinfulfermions.
β’ Large entropy good for cold
atom expt.
β’ Skyrmion texture.
S. Z. Zhang, H. h. Hung, C. Wu, PRA 82, 053818 (2010).
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Orbital ordering with strong repulsions
10/ // tU2
1n
β’ Various orbital ordering insulating states at commensurate fillings.
Kekule pattern
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How to make ππ₯ /ππ¦ -orbital active?
G. Grynberg et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2249 (1993).
also recent works from K. Sengstock, Esslinger, Blochβs groups.
β’ px /py-orbital bands well separated from s.
β’ Strong confinement along z-direction pz pushed to high energy
s
pharmonic-like potential
optical lattices
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Transition metal oxide bilayer (111) LaNiO3
15D. Xiao, et,al., Nat.Comm. (2011); Ying Ran, et al, PRB, (2011).
ππ2β3π§2, ππ₯2βπ¦2
ππ : 2d rep
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Flat-band in βKagome grapheneβ
+β
π
βπ
+
π+
β
Y. P. Chen, S. L. Xu, Y. Xie, C. Zhong, CW,
S. B. Zhang, PRB 98,035135 (2018).
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Ferromagnetism and spontaneous quantum anomalous Hall state
LDA: dope holes:half-filled flat-band
Mean-field: Spontaneous generation of orbital moment β¨πΏπ§β© = 0.004β
Sun, Yao, Fradkin, Kivelson, PRL 2009
Y. P. Chen, S. L. Xu, Y. Xie, C. Zhong,
CW, S. B. Zhang, PRB 98,035135
(2018).
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Wannier orbitals in twisted bilayer graphene
Liang Fu et al, PRX 8,
031087 (2018).
π = ππππ π
π π
ππ
11i
i
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Orbital-active
honeycomb(ππππ), (π ππ, π ππ)
(π ππβππ,
π ππβππ)
FM , Wigner crystal in flat band
Frustrated orbital exchange -120β model
f-wave supercond.
large topo-gap at the atomic SO energy scale
Bismuthene, Stanene
Polariton lattice
Twisted bilayer graphene
transition metal oxides
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π π -band inversion -- small gap
)(
)()(
kp
ksk
iyx
)(
)()(
kp
ksk
iyx
β’ InAs/GaSb type II quantum well
s and p spatially separated, inversion controlled by gate potential.
C. X. Liu et al, PRL 100, 2336601 (2008),
R. R. Duβs group, PRL 115 136804 (2015) .
s
p
p
ss
p
β’ HgTe/HgCdTe: s-p hybridization. Bernevig, Hughs, Zhang Science 314, 1757 (2006); Molenkampβs group, Science. 318 766β770 (2007)
Ξπππ£ Ξπ‘πππ/Ξπππ£β πΏππ0
πΏπ
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Orbital-active honeycomb systems
Real materials Bismuthene on SiC
Gap at the atomic SO coupling (1eV)
Topo-gap boosting mechanism
C. Wu, PRL 101, 186807 (2008)
M. Zhang, H. Hung, C. W. Zhang, C. Wu, PRA 83, 023615 (2011)
G. F. Zhang, Y. Li, C. Wu, PRB 90, 075114 (2014).
F. Reis, G. Li, L. Dudy, M. Bauernfeind, S. Glass, W. Hanke, R.
Thomale, J. Schafer, and R. Claessen, Science (2017).
G. Li, W. Hanke, E. M. Hankiewicz, F. Reis, J. Schaefer, R.
Claessen, C. Wu, R. Thomale, PRB 98, 165146 (2018).
K Kβ
πͺStanene (Theory Xu, S. C. Zhang, Exp: Xue, Jia, He):
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Topo-gap: solids v.s. AMO
))()(( rLrLH zr
zSO
β’ Solids: ionic core soft pseudo-potential
zzyyxx LLLL
G. F. Zhang, Y. Li C. Wu, PRB 90 (2014).
(6s 6p no longer degenerate)
s
p
SO coupling: quantum spin Hall
β’ AMO: Rotate each site around its own center.
)(rLHr
zzmn
C. Wu, PRL 101, 186107 (2008);
M. Zhang, Hung, C. Zhang, C. Wu, PRA (2011).
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β’ A/B sublattices decouple due to destructive interferenceοΌnon-bonding states at K (Kβ)
B
1
2
B
B
K KβΞπΈ = 2π
π = ππ23π A
1
2
A
A
ππ₯ Β± πππ¦
Topological gap = Atomic level spacing
π»ππ = ππΏπ§ππ§ β ΞπΈ = 2π
G. F. Zhang, Y. Li, CW,
PRB 90 (2014).
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Bismuthene on the SiC substrate
G. F. Zhang, Y. Li, C. Wu, PRB 90, 075114 (2014).
F. Reis, et al, Science 2017.
Gang Li, W. Hanke, Ewelina, M. Hankiewicz, J. Schafer, R. Claessen, C. Wu, and R. Thomale, PRB (2018).
ππ₯, ππ¦ orbital-active
honeycomb materials
weak s-p hybridization
ππ§-orbital passivated
by the SiC
large topo-gap 2D materials
Strong SO coupling
β’ Monolayer β no buckling
β’ Large topo-gap ~0.67eV (STM)
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Double group: Rashba splitting
Spectra of Bismuthene on SiC
+ + β
1 + 1 β1
2=3
2β‘ β
3
2(πππ 3)
β‘β+ +
ππ§ = Β±5
2β‘ β
1
2
1. F. Reis, G. Li, et al Science (2017).
2. Gang Li, W. Hanke, Ewelina, M.
Hankiewicz, J. Schafer, R.
Claessen, C. Wu, and R. Thomale,
PRB (2018).
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)(, rLHr
zSO
AB
AB
Unification: Stanene - Ξ -point
G. F. Zhang, Y. Li, C. Wu, PRB 90 (2014).
πͺ
Y. Xu, et, al., PRL (2013) S. Chen, et, al., PRB (2014)
ΞπΈ = 2π
Experiments: Menghan Liao, et al,
arxiv1712.03695,
Yunyi Zang, et al, arXiv1711.07035
Fengfeng Zhang et al, Mature
Materials 14, 1020 (2015).
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Orbital-active
honeycomb(ππππ), (π ππ, π ππ)
(π ππβππ,
π ππβππ)
FM , Wigner crystal in flat band
Frustrated orbital exchange -120β model
f-wave supercond.
large topo-gap at the atomic SO energy scale
Bismuthene, Stanene
Polariton lattice
Twisted bilayer graphene
transition metal oxides
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band topology, orbital frustration
QAHI(I)
QAHI(II)
Mott Insulator
120β model
Doping (?)
semi-metal
f-wave SCπ/π‘
π/π‘
CW, PRL.100, 200406 (2008). Lee, CW, Das Sarma, PRA (2010).
arxiv1807.02528, Cava, Broholm et al.
NaNi2BiO6
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Mott insulator of SPINLESS fermions: orbital exchange
U
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β’ Pseudo-spin representation.
)(2
11 yyxx pppp )(
2
12 xyyx pppp )(
23 xyyxi pppp
β’ Orbital exchange: no orbital flipping process.
0J
UtJ /2 2
UtJ /2 2
)Λ()( 11 xrrJH ex
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β’ Ising quantization axis depends on bond orientation.
xp
: eigen-states of yxe 2sin2cosΛ2
2e
)Λ)Λ()(Λ)(( 22 eererJH ex
Hexagon lattice: quantum model120
)Λ)(()Λ)((,
ijjiji
rr
ex ererJH
β’ Transformation: the Ising quantization axes bond orientations.
A B
B
B
11 ))(( 22
3
12
1
22
3
12
1
))(( 22
3
12
1
22
3
12
1
ypyx pp ,
30
C. Wu et al, arxiv0701711v1; C. Wu, PRL
100, 200406 (2008). E. Zhao, and W. V.
Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 160403 (2008)
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From the Kitaev model to 120 degree model
A B
B
B
xxyy
zz
β’ cf. Kitaev model: Ising quantization axes form an orthogonal triad.
))()(
)()()()((
3
21
err
errerrJH
zz
yyxx
Ar
kitaev
Kitaev
cos02
1
120
31
120
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Large S picture: heavy-frustration of classic ground states
β’ Ground states: the two -vectors have the same projection along the bond orientation.
or
rzrr
rrex rJerrJH )(}Λ)]()({[( 22
,
β’ Ferro-orbital configurations. β’ Loop config: -vectors along the tangential directions.
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Heavy-degeneracy of the classic ground states
β’ General loop configurations
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Global rotation degree of freedom
β’ Each loop config remains in the ground state manifold by a suitable arrangement of clockwise/anticlockwise rotation patterns.
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βOrder from disorderβ: 1/S orbital-wave correction
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Zero energy orbital wave fluctuations
4
22
)(
)cos1(6
JSE
β’ Each loop has a local zero energy mode.
β’ The closest packed config. contains the maximal number of zero modes selected by quantum fluctuations.
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f-wave structure from conventional interaction
β’ Bisector lines are nodal lines: no interaction between TR pairs.
β’ The TR pair at K and Kβ has the largest pairing.
nodal lines
)()()()(int rnrnUrnrnUHyxyxyx ipp
rippp
rp
K K
yxipp
yxipp
yxipp
yxipp
k
k
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
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Orbital-assisted f-wave superconductivity
inkout
k
Zero energy Majorana boundary modes
W. C. Lee, CW, S. Das Sarma, PRA 2010;
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A unified framework for bismuthen, stanene, and more β¦
β’ ππ₯ and ππ¦ orbital-active honeycomb lattice
β’ Large topo gap to the scale of atomic spin-orbit coupling (1eV)
β’ Novel many-body physics: flat-band ferromagnetism, orbital frustration, f-wave superconductivity etc.
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Back up!
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Orbital configuration (Dirac band)
β’ Complex eigen-orbitals at K (Kβ) large topo-gap with SO
coupling.
C. Wu PRL 101, 2008; W. C. Lee, C. Wu, S. Das Sarma, PRA 2010; G. F. Zhang, Y. Li C. Wu, PRB 90 (2014).
M
K K
k
k
M
β’ Real eigen-orbitals along the M-Ξ -M- line f-wave pairing.
π΅ site
A
1
2
A
A
B
1
2B
B
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
ππ₯ Β± πππ¦
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Add interactions (spinless fermions)
)()(int rnrnUHyx p
rp
U
)(0 rLHHr
zt
///t
///tU
QAHI(I)
QAHI(II)
semi-metal
Mott Insulator
120 model
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(Quantum) anomalous Hall state
β’ Van Vleck (inter-band) response.
B
1
2B
B
E
K Kβ
A
1
2
A
A
β’ k-space Berry curvature.
β’ Anomalous velocity. Luttinger, PR, 112 793 (1958), Xiao, Chang, Niu, RMP 82, 1959 (2010).
π΄ π = ππΏ,π π ππ ππΏ,π , Ξ©π§ π = πππ₯π΄ππ¦ β πππ¦π΄ππ₯
ππ₯π¦ =π2
β
π2π
2πΞ©π§
=π2
β
π2π
2ππ» Γ π΄ π = Β±
π2
β
ππ π² = ππ³(πβ²) π = ππΈ + π π Γ π΅ ( π)
π = π»ππ π β π Γ Ξ©(π)
Thouless, Kohmoto, Nightingale, den Nijis, PRL 49, 405 (1982)
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Creation of chiral phonon and large momentum exciton
1. Right-handed light exciton at
K-valley
eV15.0
eV65.1
Kv
2. Another right-handed light
hole scattered to Kβ-valley by absorbing phonon and emitting a chiral phonon (K-Kβ=2K=Kβ )
3. Electron and hole are in different valleys large
momentum exciton.
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Edge spectra and Berry curvature (spin )
//3.0 t
1C
)1(10 C
1
0
0
1C
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C. Wu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 186807 (2008).
K Kβ
G
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Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH): a triangle relation
β’ The 3rd gap mechanism: Neel exchange.
))()(( , r
BzAzN rSrSnH
β’ Superpose charge and spin sub-lattice asymmetry.
FM
FM
m
nnm || nm
topo trivial topo non-trivial
spin-up spin-down
β’ QAH -- Three players: none should be too large, too small either.
G. F. Zhang, Y. Li, C. Wu, PRB 90
(2014). Q.F. Liang, L.H. Wu, X. Hu, NJP 2013.
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β’ Gaps around K (Kβ) valley Hall.
Gaps due to sub-lattice asymmetry m > l (cf. MoS2)
)( mE
B
1
2
B
B
B
1
2
B
B
)( mE
ixyyxd
222 22 3zrd
MoS2: upper bands are replaced by
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))()(( r
BAM rnrnmH
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Honeycomb lattice system (graphene)
B
A
)(
)()(
kc
kck
B
A
β’ 2-level in a planar pseudo-B field.
K Kβ
1e2e
3e
A
B B
Bβ’ Symmetry and topology protection:
gapless Dirac cones β πΎ = β πΎβ² = 0 .
π» π = β π β π
βπ₯ π + πβπ¦ π =
π=1
3
πππβ ππ , βπ§ π = 0
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Selected References
1. G. Li, W. Hanke, E. M. Hankiewicz, F. Reis, J. Schaefer, R. Claessen, C. Wu ,
R. Thomale, PRB 98, 165146 (2018).
2. G. F. Zhang, Yi Li, C. Wu, PRB 90, 075114 (2014).
3. M. Zhang, H. Hung, C.W. Zhang, C. Wu, PRA 83, 023615 (2011).
4. C. Wu, PRL 101, 186807 (2008).
5. C. Wu, PRL 100, 200406 (2008).
6. C. Wu, D. Bergman, L. Balents, and S. Das Sarma, PRL. 99, 70401 (2007).
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Early work: on-line video
http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/lowdim_c09/wu/
My research webpage
https://wucj.physics.ucsd.edu/research/topo/pQSH.html
https://wucj.physics.ucsd.edu/research/coldatom/pband.html
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Large topo-gaps ~ atomic SO coupling strength
KKβ
πͺ
)(rLHr
zso
Little group: Ξ©=0 Ξ©>0 degeneracyΞ D6 C6 21+1
K(Kβ) D3 C3 21+1
2
2
1C
0
0
1
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)(rLHr
z
K Kβ
πͺ