Topological edge states and transport properties in zigzag stanene nanoribbons with magnetism

• Published in: New journal of physics Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 33010 - 33021
• Main Authors: Lü, Xiao-Long, Xie, Hang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Antiferromagnetism; Circular polarization; Electric fields; Electrical junctions; Magnetic properties; Magnetism; Nanoribbons; Phase transitions; Physics; Size effects; spin-polarized current; Spintronics; Topological insulators; topological transport; Transport properties
• ISSN: 1367-2630; 1367-2630
• DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac4009

In this work, we investigate the topological phase transitions and corresponding transport properties in zigzag stanene nanoribbon with different magnetism. The results show that the off-resonant circularly polarized (ORCP) light may induce anisotropic chiral edge state with a magnetic phase transition from antiferromagnetic state to nonmagnetic state. In combination with the ORCP light and electric field, the 100% spin-polarized edge state can be induced with some magnetic orders. The finite-size effect is also an important factor for the magnetic phase transitions, which in turn induces topological phase transitions from the band insulator to topological phases. By constructing the topological-insulator junctions with some topological edge states, we further study the Fabry–Perot resonant, where multiple reflection edge states cause strong current loops. By modulating the ORCP and electric field, the system can also be regarded as a switcher, to control the charge current or spin polarized current. These findings pave a way for designing topological device with magnetic edges in the future nano spintronics.