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Higher-order topological insulator is a recently discovered topological phase of matters with generalized bulk-boundary correspondence. Td-WTe2, a non-centrosymmetric type-II Weyl semimetal, is a promising candidate to reveal topological hinge excitation in an atomically thin regime. However, with initial theories and experiments focusing on localized one-dimensional conductance only, no experimental reports exist on how the spin orientations are distributed over the helical hinges—this is critical, yet one missing puzzle. Here, we employ the magneto- optic Kerr effect to directly visualize the spinful characteristics of the hinge states in a few- layer Td-WTe2. By examining the spin polarization of electrons injected from WTe2 to graphene under external magnetic fields, we conclude that WTe2 hosts a spinful and helical topological hinge state protected by the time-reversal symmetry. Our finding may invoke stimuli to extend the previous spinless models and further provide a fertile diagnosis to the higher-order topology and Weyl physics in multidimensional solids.

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• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International
  

キーワード: Higher-order topological insulators, spinful hinge states, magneto-optic Kerr effect

刊行年月日: 2023-03-31

出版者: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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• Nature Communications (ISSN: 20411723) vol. 14 issue. 1 1801

研究助成金:

• National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2020M3F3A2A03082472
• National Research Foundation of Korea 2017M3D1A1040828

原稿種別: 出版者版 (Version of record)

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公開URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37482-0

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