Topological Anderson Insulator in Three Dimensions

被引：186

作者：

Guo, H. -M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Rosenberg, G. ^{[1
]}

Refael, G. ^{[3
]}

Franz, M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

[2] Capital Normal Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China

[3] CALTECH, Dept Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2010年 / 105卷 / 21期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

HGTE QUANTUM-WELLS; SINGLE DIRAC CONE; SURFACE; BI2TE3;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216601

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We show that disorder, when sufficiently strong, can transform an ordinary metal with strong spin-orbit coupling into a strong topological "Anderson'' insulator, a new topological phase of quantum matter in three dimensions characterized by disordered insulating bulk and topologically protected conducting surface states.

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