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A delicate tension complicates the relationship between the topological magnetoelectric effect (TME) in three-dimensional (3D) $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological insulators (TIs) and time-reversal symmetry (TRS). TRS underlies a particular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-18 Perry T. Mahon , Chao Lei , Allan H. MacDonald

We report that the finite thickness of three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) thin films produces an observable magnetoresistance (MR) in phase coherent transport in parallel magnetic fields. The MR data of Bi2Se3 and (Bi,Sb)2Te3 thin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-30 C. J. Lin , X. Y. He , J. Liao , X. X. Wang , V. Sacksteder , W. M. Yang , T. Guan , Q. M. Zhang , L. Gu , G. Y. Zhang , C. G. Zeng , X. Dai , K. H. Wu , Y. Q. Li

One of the hallmarks of time-reversal-symmetric topological insulators in three dimensions is the topological magnetoelectric effect (TME). So far, a time-reversal breaking variant of this effect has attracted much attention, in the sense…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Heinrich-Gregor Zirnstein , Bernd Rosenow

Electron transport combined with magnetism has gained more attention to the spintronics community in the last few decades. Among them, the topological Hall effect (THE), which arises due to the emergent magnetic field of a non-trivial…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-22 Brindaban Ojha , Shaktiranjan Mohanty , Bhuvneshwari Sharma , Subhankar Bedanta

Three-dimensional topological insulator films in contact with magnetic layers exhibit intriguing magneto-optical and magnetoelectric phenomena, but little is known beyond the linear response regime. We demonstrate that the presence of two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. G. Mal'shukov , Hans Skarsvag , Arne Brataas

The kinetic magnetoelectric effect is an orbital analogue of the Edelstein effect and offers an additional degree of freedom to control magnetisation via the charge current. Here we theoretically propose a gigantic kinetic magnetoelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-22 Ken Osumi , Tiantian Zhang , Shuichi Murakami

Topological insulators (TIs) exhibit many exotic properties. In particular, a topological magneto-electric (TME) effect, quantized in units of the fine structure constant, exists in TIs. In this Letter, we study theoretically the scattering…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-05-10 Lixin Ge , Tianrong Zhan , Dezhuan Han , Xiaohan Liu , Jian Zi

The electromagnetic scattering properties of topological insulator (TI) spheres are systematically studied in this paper. Unconventional backward scattering caused by the topological magneto-electric (TME) effect of TIs are found in both…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-16 Lixin Ge , Dezhuan Han , Jian Zi

Electrodynamic responses from three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs) are characterized by the universal magnetoelectric $E\cdot B$ term constituent of the Lagrangian formalism. The quantized magnetoelectric coupling, which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-15 K. N. Okada , Y. Takahashi , M. Mogi , R. Yoshimi , A. Tsukazaki , K. S. Takahashi , N. Ogawa , M. Kawasaki , Y. Tokura

The topological magnetoelectric effect (TME) is a defining property of three-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ topological insulators that was predicted on theoretical grounds more than a decade ago, but has still not been directly measured. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Chao Lei , Perry T. Mahon , C. M. Canali , A. H. MacDonald

We generalize the topological phase diagram of magnetic topological insulator (TI) thin films in an extended parameter space comprising out-of-plane (OP) and in-plane (IP) exchange fields in the presence of structural inversion asymmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-03 Kiminori Hattori

Three-dimensional strong topological insulators (TIs) guarantee the existence of a 2-D conducting surface state which completely covers the surface of the TI. The TI surface state necessarily wraps around the TI's top, bottom, and two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Vincent E. Sacksteder , Kristin Bjorg Arnardottir , Stefan Kettemann , Ivan A. Shelykh

The Dirac-like surface states of the topological insulators (TIs) are protected by time reversal symmetry (TRS) and exhibit a host of novel properties. Introducing magnetism into TI, which breaks the TRS, is expected to create exotic…

The Dirac electrons occupying the surface states (SSs) of topological insulators (TIs) have been predicted to exhibit many exciting magneto-transport phenomena. Here we report on the first experimental observation of an unconventional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-07 David Rakhmilevich , Fei Wang , Weiwei Zhao , Moses H. W. Chan , Jagadeesh S. Moodera , Chaoxing Liu , Cui-Zu Chang

The layer Hall effect is an intriguing phenomenon observed in magnetic topological layered materials, where the Hall response arises from the opposite deflection of electrons on top and bottom layers. To realize layer Hall effect,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Yulei Han , Yunpeng Guo , Zeyu Li , Zhenhua Qiao

Motivated by the discovery of the quantum anomalous Hall effect in Cr-doped \ce{(Bi,Sb)2Te3} thin films, we study the generic states for magnetic topological insulators and explore the physical properties for both magnetism and itinerant…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-16 Chao-Kai Li , Xu-Ping Yao , Gang Chen

Three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs) are candidate materials for various electronic and spintronic devices due to their strong spin-orbit coupling and unique surface electronic structure. Rapid, low-cost preparation of…

The interplay between magnetism and strong topological insulator gives rise to distinct new topological phases and various intriguing phenomena, attracting significant attention in recent years. However, magnetic effects in weak topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Rui Chen , Xiao-Xia Yi , Bin Zhou , Dong-Hui Xu

A prominent feature of topological insulators (TIs) is the surface states comprising of spin-nondegenerate massless Dirac fermions. Recent technical advances have made it possible to address the surface transport properties of TI thin films…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 A. A. Taskin , Henry F. Legg , Fan Yang , Satoshi Sasaki , Yasushi Kanai , Kazuhiko Matsumoto , Achim Rosch , Yoichi Ando

We have studied the fractional quantum Hall states on the surface of a topological insulator thin film in an external magnetic field, where the Dirac fermion nature of the charge carriers have been experimentally established only recently.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Vadim M. Apalkov , Tapash Chakraborty