Valley symmetry breaking and gap tuning in graphene by spin doping

Details Valley symmetry breaking and gap tuning in graphene by spin doping Valley symmetry breaking and gap tuning in graphene by spin doping

2010-07-02

arxiv.org/abs/1007.0367v1

New J. Phys. 13, 035023 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

14 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/13/3/035023

We study graphene with an adsorbed spin texture, where the localized spins create a periodic magnetic flux. The latter produces gaps in the graphene spectrum and breaks the valley symmetry. The resulting effective electronic model, which is similar to Haldane's periodic flux model, allows us to tune the gap of one valley independently from that of the other valley. This leads to the formation of two Hall plateaux and a quantum Hall transition. We discuss the density of states, optical longitudinal and Hall conductivities for nonzero frequencies and nonzero temperatures. A robust logarithmic singularity appears in the Hall conductivity when the frequency of the external field agrees with the width of the gap.

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