scholarly journals Interaction-protected topological insulators with time reversal symmetry

2015 ◽  
Vol 92 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul A. Santos ◽  
D. B. Gutman
MRS Bulletin ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 867-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui-Zu Chang ◽  
Peng Wei ◽  
Jagadeesh S. Moodera

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Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 14133-14140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Shen ◽  
Judy J. Cha

Topological crystalline insulators are topological insulators whose surface states are protected by the crystalline symmetry, instead of the time reversal symmetry.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. e1500740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella O. Lachman ◽  
Andrea F. Young ◽  
Anthony Richardella ◽  
Jo Cuppens ◽  
H. R. Naren ◽  
...  

Quantized Hall conductance is a generic feature of two-dimensional electronic systems with broken time reversal symmetry. In the quantum anomalous Hall state recently discovered in magnetic topological insulators, time reversal symmetry is believed to be broken by long-range ferromagnetic order, with quantized resistance observed even at zero external magnetic field. We use scanning nanoSQUID (nano–superconducting quantum interference device) magnetic imaging to provide a direct visualization of the dynamics of the quantum phase transition between the two anomalous Hall plateaus in a Cr-doped (Bi,Sb)2Te3 thin film. Contrary to naive expectations based on macroscopic magnetometry, our measurements reveal a superparamagnetic state formed by weakly interacting magnetic domains with a characteristic size of a few tens of nanometers. The magnetic phase transition occurs through random reversals of these local moments, which drive the electronic Hall plateau transition. Surprisingly, we find that the electronic system can, in turn, drive the dynamics of the magnetic system, revealing a subtle interplay between the two coupled quantum phase transitions.


2014 ◽  
Vol 113 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alexandradinata ◽  
Chen Fang ◽  
Matthew J. Gilbert ◽  
B. Andrei Bernevig

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