Hidden multiferroic order in graphene zigzag ribbons
arXiv:0710.3484 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075430
Abstract
The insulating magnetic phase in graphene zigzag ribbons, predicted both by density functional and mean field Hubbard model calculations, is described without additional approximations with a BCS wave function of two phase-locked condensates of spin-polarized electron-hole pairs. The associated order parameter is the spin dipole operator that features both magnetic and electric order and accounts for the spin-resolved ferroelectricity of the system. Each condensate is associated to a spin-dependent dipole and their relative phase locking sets the total electric dipole and total magnetization equal to zero.
4 pages, 3 figures
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