The magnetic, electronic, and light-induced topological properties in two-dimensional hexagonal FeX 2 (X = Cl, Br, I) monolayers

Kong, Xiangru; Li, Linyang; Liang, Liangbo; Peeters, François M.; Liu, Xiong-Jun

doi:10.1063/5.0006446

Title: The magnetic, electronic, and light-induced topological properties in two-dimensional hexagonal FeX ₂ (X = Cl, Br, I) monolayers

Journal Article · Mon May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006446· OSTI ID:1619035

^[1]; Li, Linyang ^[2]; Liang, Liangbo ^[3];

^[4]; Liu, Xiong-Jun ^[5]

Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China); Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
Univ. of Antwerp (Belgium); Hebei Univ. of Technology, Tianjing (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
Univ. of Antwerp (Belgium)
Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China); Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Science (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)

Using Floquet–Bloch theory, we propose to realize chiral topological phases in two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal FeX₂ (X = Cl, Br, I) monolayers under irradiation of circularly polarized light. Such 2D FeX₂ monolayers are predicted to be dynamically stable and exhibit both ferromagnetic and semiconducting properties. To capture the full topological physics of the magnetic semiconductor under periodic driving, we adopt ab initio Wannier-based tight-binding methods for the Floquet–Bloch bands, with the light-induced bandgap closings and openings being obtained as the light field strength increases. The calculations of slabs with open boundaries show the existence of chiral edge states. Interestingly, the topological transitions with branches of chiral edge states changing from zero to one and from one to two by tuning the light amplitude are obtained, showing that the topological Floquet phase of high Chern number can be induced in the present Floquet–Bloch systems.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1619035

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Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 19; ISSN 0003-6951

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