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arxiv 2212.08316 v1 pith:6DBWYTNI submitted 2022-12-16 cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sciquant-ph

Topological Edge Conduction Induced by Strong Anisotropic Exchange Interactions

classification cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sciquant-ph
keywords anisotropictopologicaledgeexchangeinteractionconductionenergyinteractions
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We predict that an interplay between isotropic and anisotropic exchange interactions in a honeycomb lattice structure can lead to topological edge conduction when the anisotropic interaction is at least twice the strength of the isotropic interaction. For materials like Na$_2$IrO$_3$, such a strong anisotropic exchange interaction simultaneously induces a zigzag type of antiferromagnetic order that breaks the time-reversal symmetry of the topological edge conductor. We show that the electronic transport in such topological conductors will exhibit a quantized Hall conductance without any external magnetic field when the Fermi energy lies within a particular energy range.

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