Higher-order topological phases offer a promising platform for low-dissipation electronic and spintronic devices,motivating the search for experimentally accessible control schemes.Here we investigate higher-order top...Higher-order topological phases offer a promising platform for low-dissipation electronic and spintronic devices,motivating the search for experimentally accessible control schemes.Here we investigate higher-order topological states in a rhombic geometry of two-dimensional group-IVA materials subjected to external magnetic fields,described by a modified Kane-Mele model with next-nearest-neighbor Rashba spin-orbit coupling.We identify two distinct types of corner modes governed by different physical mechanisms:under out-ofplane magnetization,corner states emerge at the acute angles due to boundary hybridization induced by spin-orbit coupling,whereas under in-plane magnetization,corner modes appear at the obtuse angles as topologically protected Jackiw-Rebbi solitons arising at the domain wall between boundaries with different topological invariants.Using first-principles-based parameters for realistic materials including silicene,germanene,and stanene,we show that the obtuse-angle corner states are robust and enhanced in systems with stronger spin-orbit coupling.Our results establish a feasible route for magnetically creating and controlling higher-order topological states,enabling reconfigurable corner-mode-based topological devices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11974354)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.JCYJ20250604174400001)the Basic Start-up Fund for Introduced Talents at Sun Yat-sen University.
摘要Higher-order topological phases offer a promising platform for low-dissipation electronic and spintronic devices,motivating the search for experimentally accessible control schemes.Here we investigate higher-order topological states in a rhombic geometry of two-dimensional group-IVA materials subjected to external magnetic fields,described by a modified Kane-Mele model with next-nearest-neighbor Rashba spin-orbit coupling.We identify two distinct types of corner modes governed by different physical mechanisms:under out-ofplane magnetization,corner states emerge at the acute angles due to boundary hybridization induced by spin-orbit coupling,whereas under in-plane magnetization,corner modes appear at the obtuse angles as topologically protected Jackiw-Rebbi solitons arising at the domain wall between boundaries with different topological invariants.Using first-principles-based parameters for realistic materials including silicene,germanene,and stanene,we show that the obtuse-angle corner states are robust and enhanced in systems with stronger spin-orbit coupling.Our results establish a feasible route for magnetically creating and controlling higher-order topological states,enabling reconfigurable corner-mode-based topological devices.