Topological Hall effect in four terminal devices
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from types import SimpleNamespace from matplotlib import pyplot from math import cos, sin, pi import numpy as np import scipy.stats as reg import kwant lat = kwant.lattice.square() s_0 = np.identity(2) s_z = np.array([[1, 0], [0, -1]]) s_x = np.array([[0, 1], [1, 0]]) s_y = np.array([[0, -1j], [1j, 0]]) def HedgeHog(site,ps): x,y = site.pos r = ( x**2 + y**2 )**0.5 theta = (np.pi/2)*(np.tanh((ps.r0 - r)/ps.delta) + 1) if r != 0: Ex = (x/r)*np.sin(theta)*s_x + (y/r)*np.sin(theta)*s_y + np.cos(theta)*s_z else: Ex = s_z return 4*s_0 + ps.Ex * Ex def Lead_Pot(site,ps): return 4*s_0 + ps.Ex * s_z def MakeSystem(ps, show = False): H = kwant.Builder() def shape_2DEG(pos): x,y = pos return ( (abs(x) < ps.L) and (abs(y) < ps.W) ) or ( (abs(x) < ps.W) and (abs(y) < ps.L)) H[lat.shape(shape_2DEG,(0,0))] = HedgeHog H[lat.neighbors()] = -s_0 # ITS LEADS sym_x = kwant.TranslationalSymmetry((-1,0)) H_lead_x = kwant.Builder(sym_x) shape_x = lambda pos: abs(pos[1])<ps.W and pos[0]==0 H_lead_x[lat.shape(shape_x,(0,0))] = Lead_Pot H_lead_x[lat.neighbors()] = -s_0 sym_y = kwant.TranslationalSymmetry((0,-1)) H_lead_y = kwant.Builder(sym_y) shape_y = lambda pos: abs(pos[0])<ps.W and pos[1]==0 H_lead_y[lat.shape(shape_y,(0,0))] = Lead_Pot H_lead_y[lat.neighbors()] = -s_0 H.attach_lead(H_lead_x) H.attach_lead(H_lead_y) H.attach_lead(H_lead_y.reversed()) H.attach_lead(H_lead_x.reversed()) if show: kwant.plot(H) return H def Transport(Hf,EE,ps): smatrix = kwant.smatrix(Hf, energy=EE, args=[ps]) G=np.zeros((4,4)) for i in range(4): a=0 for j in range(4): G[i,j] = smatrix.transmission(i, j) if i != j: a += G[i,j] G[i,i] = -a V = np.linalg.solve(G[:3,:3], [1.,0,0]) Hall = V[2] - V[1] return G, Hall ps = SimpleNamespace(L=45, W=40, delta=10, r0=20, Ex=1.) H = MakeSystem(ps, show=True) Hf = H.finalized() def Vz(site): Hd = HedgeHog(site,ps) return (Hd[0,0] - Hd[1,1]).real def Vy(site): Hd = HedgeHog(site, ps) return Hd[0,1].imag kwant.plotter.map(H, Vz); kwant.plotter.map(H, Vy); # HALL RESISTANCE ps = SimpleNamespace(L=20, W=15, delta=3, r0=6, Ex=1.) H = MakeSystem(ps, show=False) Es = np.linspace(0.1,3.,50) Hf = H.finalized() dataG , dataHall = [],[] for EE in Es: ps.delta = EE energy = 2. G,Hall = Transport(Hf, energy, ps) dataHall.append(Hall) pyplot.plot(Es, dataHall, 'o-', label="Skyrmion") pyplot.xlabel('Domain width $\delta$') pyplot.ylabel('Hall Resistance') pyplot.title('Topologial Hall Resistance?') pyplot.legend();