Tunable orbital susceptibility in $\alpha$-${\mathcal{T}}_3$ tight-binding models

Abstract

We study the importance of interband effects on the orbital susceptibility of three bands $\alpha$-${\mathcal{T}}_3$ tight-binding models. The particularity of these models is that the coupling between the three energy bands (which is encoded in the wavefunctions properties) can be tuned (by a parameter $\alpha$) without any modification of the energy spectrum. Using the gauge-invariant perturbative formalism that we have recently developped, we obtain a generic formula of the orbital susceptibility of $\alpha$-${\mathcal{T}}_3$ tight-binding models. Considering then three characteristic examples that exhibit either Dirac, semi-Dirac or quadratic band touching, we show that by varying the parameter $\alpha$ and thus the wavefunctions interband couplings, it is possible to drive a transition from a diamagnetic to a paramagnetic peak of the orbital susceptibility at the band touching. In the presence of a gap separating the dispersive bands, we show that the susceptibility inside the gap exhibits a similar dia to paramagnetic transition.

arXiv comment15 pages,5 figs. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Dirac Electrons in Solids 2015Proceedings of the International Workshop on Dirac Electrons in Solids 2015

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