Reentrant topological phases in Mn-doped HgTe quantum wells

W. Beugeling, C.X. Liu, E.G. Novik, L.W. Molenkamp, C. de Morais Smith

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Abstract

Quantum wells of HgTe doped with Mn display the quantum anomalous Hall effect due to the magnetic moments of the Mn ions. In the presence of a magnetic field, these magnetic moments induce an effective nonlinear Zeeman effect, causing a nonmonotonic bending of the Landau levels. As a consequence, the quantized (spin) Hall conductivity exhibits a reentrant behavior as one increases the magnetic field. Here, we will discuss the appearance of different types of reentrant behavior as a function of Mn concentration, well thickness, and temperature, based on the qualitative form of the Landau-level spectrum in an effective four-band model
Original languageEnglish
Article number195304
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume85
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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