Condens. Matter 2019, 4(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat4010025
Engineering Topological Nodal Line Semimetals in Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupled Atomic Chains
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CNR-SPIN, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello”, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via G. Paolo II, 132, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Received: 30 January 2019 / Revised: 13 February 2019 / Accepted: 15 February 2019 / Published: 16 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Majorana Fermions and Topological Materials Science)
Abstract
In this paper, we study an atomic chain in the presence of modulated charge potential and modulated Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) of equal periods. We show that for commensurate periodicities,Keywords:
topological phases; spin-orbit coupled systems; semimetals
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Gentile, P.; Benvenuto, V.; Ortix, C.; Noce, C.; Cuoco, M. Engineering Topological Nodal Line Semimetals in Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupled Atomic Chains. Condens. Matter 2019, 4, 25.
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