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A quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator coupled to an s-wave superconductor is predicted to harbor a topological superconducting phase, the elementary excitations of which (i.e. Majorana fermions) can form topological qubits upon…

In this paper we propose that, quantized and nearly half-quantized intrinsic anomalous Hall effect can be induced by in-plane external magnetic field through the Zeeman coupling in non-magnetic 2D systems with sizeable spin-orbital coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-28 Song Sun , Hongming Weng , Xi Dai

We investigate the quantum anomalous Hall Effect (QAHE) and related chiral transport in the millimeter-size (Cr0.12Bi0.26Sb0.62)2Te3 films. With high sample quality and robust magnetism at low temperatures, the quantized Hall conductance of…

The layered antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4 films have been proposed to be an intrinsic quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator with a large gap. To realize this proposal, it is crucial to open a magnetic gap of surface states. However, recent…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-04-02 Huixia Fu , Chao-Xing Liu , Binghai Yan

Theoretically, the quantum anomalous Hall effect is characterized by a quantized Hall conductance. However, many experiments only reported the quantization of the Hall resistance, which is accompanied by a non-vanishing longitudinal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Rui Chen , Hai-Peng Sun , Bin Zhou , Dong-Hui Xu

The realization of fractional Chern insulators in moir\'e materials has sparked the search for further novel phases of matter in this platform. In particular, recent works have demonstrated the possibility of realizing quantum anomalous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Raul Perea-Causin , Hui Liu , Emil J. Bergholtz

We present a microscopic theory to give a physical picture of the formation of quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect in graphene due to a joint effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling $\lambda_R$ and exchange field $M$. Based on a continuum…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-29 Zhenhua Qiao , Hua Jiang , Xiao Li , Yugui Yao , Qian Niu

We study the quantum Hall effect in the surface states of topological insulator in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field in the framework of edge states. Motion of Dirac fermions will form descrete Landau levels, among which a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-24 Shun-Qing Shen

The anomalous Hall effect in metal-insulator-semiconductor structures having thin (Ga,Mn)As layers as a channel has been studied in a wide range of Mn and hole densities changed by the gate electric field. Strong and unanticipated…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-17 D. Chiba , A. Werpachowska , M. Endo , Y. Nishitani , F. Matsukura , T. Dietl , H. Ohno

Observation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) in MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ flakes is one of the most exciting results in the study of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ and related compounds. This fascinating result…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-31 Jiaqiang Yan

The quantum Hall effect (QHE) is a topologically protected phenomenon which has been observed in various systems. In experiments, the size of Hall bar device to realize the QHE is generally much larger than the phase coherence length, in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-03 Fang Jing-Yun , Guo Ai-Min , Sun Qing-Feng

Interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) between two magnetic layers sandwiched by a nonmagnetic spacer layer plays a critical role in shaping the magnetic properties of such heterostructures. The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Ruoxi Zhang , Yi-Fan Zhao , Ling-Jie Zhou , Deyi Zhuo , Zi-Jie Yan , Chao-Xing Liu , Moses H. W. Chan , Chui-Zhen Chen , Cui-Zu Chang

The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is a topology-related transport phenomenon being of potential interest in spintronics, because this effect enables the efficient probe of magnetic orders (i.e., data readout in memory devices). It is well…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-19 Longju Yu , Hong Jian Zhao , Yurong Yang , Laurent Bellaiche , Yanming Ma

Based on first-principle calculations and $k\cdot p$ model analysis, we show that the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulating phase can be realized in the functionalized hematite (or $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$) nanosheet and the obtained…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 Qi-Feng Liang , Jian Zhou , Rui Yu , Xi Wang , Hongming Weng

We present a microscopic theory of the chiral one-dimensional electron gas system localized on the sidewalls of magnetically-doped Bi$_2$Se$_3$-family topological insulator nanoribbons in the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) regime. Our…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 A. Pertsova , C. M. Canali , A. H. MacDonald

With the recent observation of graphene-like Landau levels at the surface of topological insulators, the possibility of fractional quantum Hall effect, which is a fundamental signature of strong correlations, has become of interest. Some…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-21 Ashley M. DaSilva

A universal mechanism to generate chiral hinge states in the ferromagnetic axion insulator phase is proposed, which leads to an exotic transport phenomena, the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) on some particular surfaces determined by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Changming Yue , Yuanfeng Xu , Zhida Song , Yuan-Ming Lu , Hongming Weng , Chen Fang , Xi Dai

As a topological insulator, the quantum Hall (QH) effect is indexed by the Chern and spin-Chern numbers $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{C}_{\text{spin}}$. We have only $\mathcal{C}_{\text{spin}}=0$ or $\pm \frac{1}{2}$ in conventional QH…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-11 Motohiko Ezawa

The experimental observation of the long-sought quantum anomalous Hall effect was recently reported in magnetically doped topological insulator thin films [Chang et al., Science 340, 167 (2013)]. An intriguing observation is a rapid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-04 Hai-Zhou Lu , An Zhao , Shun-Qing Shen

The 'magnetoelectric effect' arises from the coupling between magnetic and electric properties in materials. The Z2 invariant of topological insulators (TIs) leads to a quantized version of this phenomenon, known as the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Di Xiao , Jue Jiang , Jae-Ho Shin , Wenbo Wang , Fei Wang , Yi-Fan Zhao , Chaoxing Liu , Weida Wu , Moses H. W. Chan , Nitin Samarth , Cui-Zu Chang