Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-12-09
Phys. Rev. B. vol. 84, 035458 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
9 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, Published Version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.035458
A possible realization of Hall conductivity, quantized at odd integer factors of $e^2/h$ for graphene's honeycomb lattice is proposed. I argue that, in the presence of \emph{uniform} real and pseudo-magnetic fields, the valley degeneracy from the higher Landau levels can be removed. A pseudo-magnetic field may arise from bulging or stretching of the graphene flake. This may lead to observation of plateaus in the Hall conductivity at quantized values $f e^2/h$, with $f=\pm 3, \pm 5$ etc, which have not been observed in measurement of Hall conductivity. However, in a collection of noninteracting Dirac fermions living in the honeycomb lattice subject to real and pseudo field, the zeroth Landau level still enjoys the valley and the spin degeneracy. Upon including the Zeeman coupling, the spin degeneracy is removed from all the Landau levels. The effects of short ranged electron-electron interactions are also considered, particularly, the onsite Hubbard repulsion (U) and the nearest-neighbor Coulomb repulsion (V). Within the framework of the extended Hubbard model with only those two components of finite ranged Coulomb repulsion, it is shown that infinitesimally weak interactions can place the system in a gapped insulating phase by developing a \emph{ferrimegnatic} order, if $U>>V$. Therefore, one may expect to see the plateaus in the Hall conductivity at all the integer values, $f=0,\pm 1,\pm 2, \pm3,...$. Scaling behavior of interaction induced gap at $f=1$ in presence of finite pseudo flux is also addressed. Qualitative discussion on finite size effects and behavior of the interaction induced gap when the restriction on uniformity of the fields are relaxed, is presented as well. Possible experimental set up that can test relevance of our theory has been proposed.
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