Bohm‐Jung Yang
서울대학교 물리학과 · 물리·천문학
Bohm-Jung Yang 교수의 연구실은 강한 스핀-오비탈 결합과 결정장 효과가 양자물질의 위상적 성질에 미치는 영향을 중심으로 연구를 전개합니다. 특히 희토류 이리데이트와 같은 체계에서의 위상绝縁체, 위상 반도체, 위상 준금속의 형성 조건과 그 안정성에 대해 이론적 분석을 수행하며, 두께 제어 가능한 편성막과 초박막 구조에서 나타나는 양자 홀 효과 및 열 홀 효과의 차원 전이 현상에도 주목하고 있습니다. 연구는 위상 물질의 새로운 물리현상과 스핀, 열, 진동의 상호작용을 중심으로 다각도로 확장되고 있습니다.
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The possible existence of topological insulators in cubic pyrochlore iridates ${A}_{2}{\text{Ir}}_{2}{\text{O}}_{7}$ ($A=\text{Y}$ or rare-earth elements) is investigated by taking into account the strong spin-orbit coupling and trigonal crystal-field effect. It is found that the trigonal crystal-field effect, which is always present in real systems, may destabilize the topological insulator proposed for the ideal cubic crystal field, leading to a metallic ground state. Thus the trigonal crystal
Recently, there have been extensive efforts to extend the physics of the two-dimensional (2D) graphene to three-dimensional (3D) semimetals with point/line nodes. Although it has been known that certain crystalline symmetries play an important role in protecting band degeneracy, a general recipe for stabilizing the degeneracy, especially in the presence of spin-orbit coupling, is still lacking. Here, the authors show that a class of novel topological semimetals with point/line nodes can emerge i
Because of the recent development of thin film and artificial superstructure growth techniques, it is possible to control the dimensionality of the system, smoothly between two and three dimensions. In this Letter we unveil the dimensional crossover of emergent topological phenomena in correlated topological materials. In particular, by focusing on the thin film of pyrochlore iridate antiferromagnets grown along the [111] direction, we demonstrate that the thin film can have a giant anomalous Ha
We theoretically study the intrinsic thermal Hall and spin Nernst effect in collinear ferrimagnets on a honeycomb lattice with broken inversion symmetry. The broken inversion symmetry allows in-plane Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction between the nearest neighbors, which does not affect the linear spin wave theory. However, the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction induces large Berry curvature in the magnetoelastic excitations through the magnon-phonon interaction (MPI) to produce thermal Hall curre
In general, the stability of a band crossing point indicates the presence of a quantized topological number associated with it. In particular, the recent discovery of three-dimensional Dirac semimetals in ${\mathrm{Na}}_{3}\mathrm{Bi}$ and ${\mathrm{Cd}}_{3}{\mathrm{As}}_{2}$ demonstrates that a Dirac point with fourfold degeneracy can be stable as long as certain crystalline symmetries are supplemented in addition to the time-reversal and inversion symmetries. However, the topological charges a
The spin Hall effect is the transverse flow of the electron spin in response to an external electric field. Similarly, the temperature gradient in magnets can drive a transverse flow of the magnon spin, which provides a thermal alternative for spin manipulation. Recently, phonon angular momentum (PAM), the angular momentum of atoms resulting from their orbital motion around their equilibrium positions, has garnered attention as a quantity analogous to the magnon spin. Here, we report that the te
We construct a general theory describing the topological quantum phase transitions in 3D systems with broken inversion symmetry. While the consideration of the system's codimension generally predicts the appearance of a stable metallic phase between the normal and topological insulators, it is shown that a direct topological phase transition between two insulators is also possible when an accidental band crossing occurs along directions with high crystalline symmetry. At the quantum critical poi
We investigate various competing paramagnetic ground states of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the two-dimensional star lattice which exhibits geometric frustration. Using slave particle mean-field theory combined with a projective symmetry group analysis, we examine a variety of candidate spin liquid states on this lattice, including chiral spin liquids, spin liquids with Fermi surfaces of spinons, and nematic spin liquids which break lattice rotational symmetry. Motivated by connection to la
One of the most promising candidate ground states for the quantum antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on the kagome lattice is the valence bond solid (VBS) with a 36-site unit cell. We present a theory of triplet excitation spectra about this ground state using bond operator formalism. In particular we obtain dispersions of all 18 triplet modes in the reduced Brillouin zone. In the bond operator mean-field theory, it is found that a large number of triplet modes are nondispersive. In particular,
Motivated by a recent experiment on ${\text{Rb}}_{2}{\text{Cu}}_{3}{\text{SnF}}_{12}$, where spin-1/2 ${\text{Cu}}^{2+}$ moments reside on the layers of kagome-like lattices, we investigate quantum ground states of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a series of deformed kagome lattices. The deformation is characterized by a weaker exchange coupling $\ensuremath{\alpha}J$ on certain lattice links appropriate for ${\text{Rb}}_{2}{\text{Cu}}_{3}{\text{SnF}}_{12}$ with $\ensuremath{\alpha}=1$
We study topological properties of density-wave states with broken translational symmetry in two-dimensional multiorbital systems with particular focus on ${\text{t}}_{2g}$ orbitals in a square lattice. Due to the distinct symmetry properties of $d$-orbitals, a nodal charge or spin-density-wave state with Dirac points protected by lattice symmetries can be achieved. When an additional order parameter with opposite reflection symmetry is introduced to a nodal density-wave state, the system can be
The quantum metric tensor is a central geometric quantity in modern physics that is defined as the distance between nearby quantum states. Despite numerous studies highlighting its relevance to fundamental physical phenomena in solids, measuring the complete quantum metric tensors in real solid-state materials is challenging. In this work, we report a direct measurement of the full quantum metric tensors of Bloch electrons in solids using black phosphorus as a representative material. We extract