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Title: Topological kink plasmons on magnetic-domain boundaries

Abstract

Two-dimensional topological materials bearing time reversal-breaking magnetic fields support protected one-way edge modes. Normally, these edge modes adhere to physical edges where material properties change abruptly. However, even in homogeneous materials, topology still permits a unique form of edge modes - kink modes - residing at the domain boundaries of magnetic fields within the materials. This scenario, despite being predicted in theory, has rarely been demonstrated experimentally. Here, we report our observation of topologically-protected high-frequency kink modes - kink magnetoplasmons (KMPs) - in a GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) system. These KMPs arise at a domain boundary projected from an externally-patterned magnetic field onto a uniform 2DEG. They propagate unidirectionally along the boundary, protected by a difference of gap Chern numbers (+/- 1) in the two domains. They exhibit large tunability under an applied magnetic field or gate voltage, and clear signatures of nonreciprocity even under weak-coupling to evanescent photons.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [2];  [5];  [5];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [6]; ORCiD logo [5];  [3]; ORCiD logo [7]
  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  4. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
  5. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  7. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Hong Kong (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Danish Council for Independent Research; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1591818
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1604994
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-05ER46212; SC0006671; FA9550-12-1-0488; OSR-2016-CRG5-2950-03; DFF-6108-00667; DMR-0654118
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; electronic and spintronic devices; nanophotonics and plasmonics; two-dimensional materials

Citation Formats

Jin, Dafei, Xia, Yang, Christensen, Thomas, Freeman, Matthew, Wang, Siqi, Fong, King Yan, Gardner, Geoffrey C., Fallahi, Saeed, Hu, Qing, Wang, Yuan, Engel, Lloyd, Xiao, Zhi-Li, Manfra, Michael J., Fang, Nicholas X., and Zhang, Xiang. Topological kink plasmons on magnetic-domain boundaries. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12092-x.
Jin, Dafei, Xia, Yang, Christensen, Thomas, Freeman, Matthew, Wang, Siqi, Fong, King Yan, Gardner, Geoffrey C., Fallahi, Saeed, Hu, Qing, Wang, Yuan, Engel, Lloyd, Xiao, Zhi-Li, Manfra, Michael J., Fang, Nicholas X., & Zhang, Xiang. Topological kink plasmons on magnetic-domain boundaries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12092-x
Jin, Dafei, Xia, Yang, Christensen, Thomas, Freeman, Matthew, Wang, Siqi, Fong, King Yan, Gardner, Geoffrey C., Fallahi, Saeed, Hu, Qing, Wang, Yuan, Engel, Lloyd, Xiao, Zhi-Li, Manfra, Michael J., Fang, Nicholas X., and Zhang, Xiang. Tue . "Topological kink plasmons on magnetic-domain boundaries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12092-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1591818.
@article{osti_1591818,
title = {Topological kink plasmons on magnetic-domain boundaries},
author = {Jin, Dafei and Xia, Yang and Christensen, Thomas and Freeman, Matthew and Wang, Siqi and Fong, King Yan and Gardner, Geoffrey C. and Fallahi, Saeed and Hu, Qing and Wang, Yuan and Engel, Lloyd and Xiao, Zhi-Li and Manfra, Michael J. and Fang, Nicholas X. and Zhang, Xiang},
abstractNote = {Two-dimensional topological materials bearing time reversal-breaking magnetic fields support protected one-way edge modes. Normally, these edge modes adhere to physical edges where material properties change abruptly. However, even in homogeneous materials, topology still permits a unique form of edge modes - kink modes - residing at the domain boundaries of magnetic fields within the materials. This scenario, despite being predicted in theory, has rarely been demonstrated experimentally. Here, we report our observation of topologically-protected high-frequency kink modes - kink magnetoplasmons (KMPs) - in a GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) system. These KMPs arise at a domain boundary projected from an externally-patterned magnetic field onto a uniform 2DEG. They propagate unidirectionally along the boundary, protected by a difference of gap Chern numbers (+/- 1) in the two domains. They exhibit large tunability under an applied magnetic field or gate voltage, and clear signatures of nonreciprocity even under weak-coupling to evanescent photons.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-12092-x},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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