TY - JOUR
T1 - Signature of Topological Phases in Zitterbewegung
AU - Ghosh, Sumit
AU - Manchon, Aurelien
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
PY - 2016/9/2
Y1 - 2016/9/2
N2 - We have studied the Zitterbewegung effect on an infinite two-dimensional sheet with honeycomb lattice. By tuning the perpendicular electric field and the magnetization of the sheet, it can enter different topological phases. We have shown that the phase and magnitude of Zitterbewegung effect, i.e., the jittering motion of electron wavepackets, correlates with the various topological phases. The topological phase diagram can be reconstructed by analyzing these features. Our findings are applicable to materials like silicene, germanene, stanene, etc.
AB - We have studied the Zitterbewegung effect on an infinite two-dimensional sheet with honeycomb lattice. By tuning the perpendicular electric field and the magnetization of the sheet, it can enter different topological phases. We have shown that the phase and magnitude of Zitterbewegung effect, i.e., the jittering motion of electron wavepackets, correlates with the various topological phases. The topological phase diagram can be reconstructed by analyzing these features. Our findings are applicable to materials like silicene, germanene, stanene, etc.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623495
UR - http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S201032471640004X
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064227187&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/s201032471640004x
DO - 10.1142/s201032471640004x
M3 - Article
SN - 2010-3247
VL - 06
SP - 1640004
JO - SPIN
JF - SPIN
IS - 02
ER -