Nonlocal Transport in the Quantum Spin Hall State
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- 17 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 325 (5938), 294-297
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1174736
Abstract
Living on the Edge: Topological insulators are a recently described state of matter in which the bulk material is an insulator but with a metallic surface state that is protected by the topology of the Fermi surface. Roth et al. (p. 294 ; see the Perspective by Büttiker ) now show that the current flow on the surface takes place in edge states around the boundary of the sample. These are similar to the current transport in high-quality two-dimensional electron gases in high magnetic field, which confirms theoretical work on these materials.Keywords
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