Narrowing of Topological Bands due to Electronic Orbital Degrees of Freedom

作者:Venderbos Joern W F*; Daghofer Maria; van den Brink Jeroen
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107(11): 116401.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.116401

摘要

The fractional quantum Hall effect has been predicted to occur in the absence of magnetic fields and at high temperature in lattice systems that have flat bands with a nonzero Chern number. We demonstrate that orbital degrees of freedom in frustrated lattice systems lead to a narrowing of topologically nontrivial bands. This robust effect does not rely on fine-tuned long-range hopping parameters and is directly relevant to a wide class of transition-metal compounds.

  • 出版日期2011-9-8