Tunable Charged Domain Wall from Topological Confinement in Nodal-Line Semimetals
arXiv:1905.02129 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.081102
Abstract
We study theoretically the electronic structure of topological nodal-line semimetals. We show that, in the presence of a gap-opening spatially dependent mass term that forms a domain wall, an in-gap charged localized mode emerges at the domain wall. It turns out that such a domain wall is realized by head-to-head (or tail-to-tail) bulk electric polarizations. The localized mode has a topological origin, i.e., a topological confinement is realized, which is understood by a semiclassical topological number defined in the semiclassical momentum-real space. In contrast to previous studies, our study demonstrates a topological confinement at the interface between two insulators without bulk topological numbers. Moreover, the dispersion of the localized mode evolves from gapless to gapped as the bulk bandgap increases, which means that its conductivity is externally tunable. We discuss a possible experimental realization of the stable, electrically-tunable charged domain wall.
arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures + 5 pages, 5 figures
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