期刊
SPIN
卷 1, 期 1, 页码 33-44出版社
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S2010324711000057
关键词
Spintronics; topological insulator; Dirac equation
资金
- Research Grant Council of Hong Kong [HKU7051/10P, HKUST3/CRF/09]
We present a general description of topological insulators from the point of view of Dirac equations. The Z(2) index for the Dirac equation is always zero, and thus the Dirac equation is topologically trivial. After the quadratic term in momentum is introduced to correct the mass term m or the band gap of the Dirac equation, i.e., m -> m --- Bp(2), the Z(2) index is modified as 1 for mB > 0 and 0 for mB < 0. For a fixed B there exists a topological quantum phase transition from a topologically trivial system to a nontrivial system when the sign of mass m changes. A series of solutions near the boundary in the modified Dirac equation is obtained, which is characteristic of topological insulator. From the solutions of the bound states and the Z(2) index we establish a relation between the Dirac equation and topological insulators.
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