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Motivated by the recent experimental realization of the half-quantized Hall effect phase in a three-dimensional (3D) semi-magnetic topological insulator [M. Mogi et al., Nature Physics 18, 390 (2022)], we propose a scheme for realizing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Fang Qin , Ching Hua Lee , Rui Chen

Several recent experiments on three-dimensional topological insulators claim to observe a large charge current-induced non-equilibrium ensemble spin polarization of electrons in the helical surface state. We present a comprehensive…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-06-29 Pengke Li , Ian Appelbaum

Inducing long-range magnetic order in three-dimensional topological insulators can gap the Diraclike metallic surface states, leading to exotic new phases such as the quantum anomalous Hall effect or the axion insulator state. These…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-20 Semonti Bhattacharyya , Golrokh Akhgar , Matt Gebert , Julie Karel , Mark T Edmonds , Michael S Fuhrer

The search for topologically non-trivial states of matter has become an important goal for condensed matter physics. Here, we give a theoretical introduction to the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect based on magnetic topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-22 Jing Wang , Biao Lian , Shou-Cheng Zhang

The surface bound electronic states of three-dimensional topological insulators, as well as the edge states in two-dimensional topological insulators, are investigated in the presence of a circularly polarized light. The strong coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Andrii Iurov , Godfrey Gumbs , Oleksiy Roslyak , Danhong Huang

We investigate tunneling across a single ferromagnetic barrier on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator. In the presence of a magnetization component along the bias direction, a tunneling planar Hall conductance (TPHC),…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-18 Benedikt Scharf , Alex Matos-Abiague , Jong E. Han , Ewelina M. Hankiewicz , Igor Žutić

Extending the notion of symmetry protected topological phases to insulating antiferromagnets (AFs) described in terms of opposite magnetic dipole moments associated with the magnetic N$\acute{{\rm{e}}} $el order, we establish a bosonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 Kouki Nakata , Se Kwon Kim , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

We study the spin polarization of the electrons on the surface of topological insulators under a dc electric field or a circularly polarized light by using Keldysh Green's function formalism. When a dc electric field $E_x \sim 10^{3} {\rm…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Tetsuro Misawa , Takehito Yokoyama , Shuichi Murakami

We develop a simple model of surface states for topological insulators, developing matching relations for states on surfaces of different orientations. The model allows one to write simple Dirac Hamiltonians for each surface, and to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-19 L. Brey , H. A. Fertig

We report electrical measurements of the current-induced spin polarization of the surface current in topological insulator devices where contributions from bulk and surface conduction can be disen- tangled by electrical gating. The devices…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Joon Sue Lee , Anthony Richardella , Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey , K. Andre Mkhoyan , Nitin Samarth

When time-reversal symmetry is weakly broken and interactions are neglected, the surface of a $Z_{2}$ topological insulator supports a half-quantized Hall conductivity $\sigma_{S} = e^{2}/(2h)$. A surface Hall conductivity in an insulator…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-12-16 Karin Everschor-Sitte , Matthias Sitte , Allan H. MacDonald

Topological insulators have become one of the most active research areas in condensed matter physics. This article reviews progress on the topic of electronic correlations effects in the two-dimensional case, with a focus on systems with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-03-08 M. Hohenadler , F. F. Assaad

A system with a topological insulator slab sandwiched by two one-dimensional photonic crystals as a defect is investigated. A giant topological magnetoelectric effect is proposed which is characterized by two resonant peaks with half-unit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-26 Peng Wang , Qin Liu , Wei Li , Xunya Jiang

A single two-dimensional Dirac cone with a mass gap produces a quantized (spin-) Hall step in the absence of magnetic field. What happens in strong electric fields? This question is investigated by analyzing time evolution and dynamics of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-21 Balázs Dóra , Roderich Moessner

Since the experimental realisation of the integer quantised Hall effect in a two dimensional electron system subject to strong perpendicular magnetic fields in 1980, a central question has been the interrelation between the conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 E. M. Kendirlik , S. Sirt , S. B. Kalkan , N. Ofek , V. Umansky , A. Siddiki

We propose a hole-induced mechanism of spin-polarized current generation by circularly polarized synchrotron radiation and corresponding induced magnetization in magnetically-doped topological insulators…

Topological phases of electrons such as topological insulators and quantum Hall states typically require strong spin-orbit coupling or magnetic fields. In this study, we consider an electron system coupled to a spin system, where electrons…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-11 Kosuke Fujiwara , Takahiro Morimoto

In systems with spin-momentum locking, such as the surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators, a charge current is spin-polarized and spin-flip interactions between electron and nuclear spins can transfer this polarization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Sofie Kölling , İnanç Adagideli , Alexander Brinkman

Pure spin currents are shown to be generated by an electrically controlled quantum pump applied at the edges of a topological insulator. The electric rather than the more conventional magnetic control offers several advantages and avoids,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 R. Citro , F. Romeo , N. Andrei