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The effect of quantizing magnetic field on the electron transport is investigated in a two dimensional topological insulator (2D TI) based on a 8 nm (013) HgTe quantum well (QW). The local resistance behavior is indicative of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 E. B. Olshanetsky , Z. D. Kvon , G. M. Gusev , N. N. Mikhailov , S. A. Dvoretsky

The bulk-edge correspondence is a condensed matter theorem that relates the conductance of a Hall insulator in a half-plane to that of its (straight) boundary. In this work, we extend this result to domains with curved boundaries. Under…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-16 Alexis Drouot , Xiaowen Zhu

Topological boundary and interface modes are generated in an acoustic waveguide by simple quasi-periodic patternings of the walls. The procedure opens many topological gaps in the resonant spectrum and qualitative as well as quantitative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 David J. Apigo , Wenting Cheng , Kyle F. Dobiszewski , Emil Prodan , Camelia Prodan

In this study we analyze the topological invariants and edge states of transverse magnetic wave propagation in continuum photonic systems at a finite-width interface between two gyrotropic matrials with different magnetic bias. Where…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-05 Matthew Frazier , Guillaume Bal

This review synthesizes recent advancements in the study of moir\'e magnetism. This emerging field, at the intersection of twistronics, topology, and strongly correlated systems, explores novel phenomena that arise when moir\'e potentials…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-06 Paula Mellado

The possibility of electron beam guiding is theoretically explored on the surface of a topological insulator through the proximity interaction with a magnetic material. The electronic band modification induced by the exchange coupling at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Xiaodong Li , Ki Wook Kim

The scattering theory of transport has to be applied with care in a diffuse environment. Here we discuss how the scattering matrices of heterointerfaces can be used to compute interface resistances of dirty magnetic multilayers. First…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Kees M. Schep , Ke Xia , Paul J. Kelly

We investigate how a magnetic field induces one-dimensional edge channels when the two-dimensional surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators become gapped. The Hall effect, measured by contacting those channels, remains…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Matthias Sitte , Achim Rosch , Ehud Altman , Lars Fritz

We investigate domain walls between topologically ordered phases in two spatial dimensions and present a simple but general framework from which their degrees of freedom can be understood. The approach we present exploits the results on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-22 F. A. Bais , J. K. Slingerland , S. M. Haaker

Interfaces play a substantial role for the functional properties of structured magnetic materials and magnetic multilayers. Modeling the functional behavior of magnetic materials requires the treatment of the relevant phenomena at the…

Spontaneous edge currents are known to occur in systems of two space dimensions in a strong magnetic field. The latter creates chirality and determines the direction of the currents. Here we show that an analogous effect occurs in a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael J. Gruber , Marianne Leitner

We theoretically investigate electrical transport in a quantum Hall system hosting bulk and edge current carrying states. Spatially varying magnetic and electric confinement creates pairs of current carrying lines that drift in the same or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Puja Mondal , Alain Nogaret , Sankalpa Ghosh

The discontinuities of electromagnetic test fields generated by general layers of electric and magnetic monopoles and dipoles are investigated in general curved spacetimes. The equivalence of electric currents and magnetic dipoles is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-30 Norman Gürlebeck , Jiří Bičák , Antonio C. Gutiérrez-Piñeres

We develop the theory of quantum friction in two-dimensional topological materials. The quantum drag force on a metallic nanoparticle moving above such systems is sensitive to the non-trivial topology of their electronic phases, shows a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-02 M. Belén Farias , Wilton J. M. Kort-Kamp , Diego A. R. Dalvit

Sufficient conditions of the existence of electric or magnetic walls on dielectric interfaces are given for a multizone uniform dielectric waveguiding system. If one of two adjacent dielectric zones supports a TEM field distribution while…

General Physics · Physics 2010-07-21 Changbiao Wang

We use density-functional methods to study the effects of an external magnetic field on two-dimensional quantum dots with a rectangular hard-wall confining potential. The increasing magnetic field leads to spin polarization and formation of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Räsänen , A. Harju , M. J. Puska , R. M. Nieminen

Electrical currents at the surface or edge of a topological insulator are intrinsically spin-polarized. We show that such surface/edge currents can be used to switch the orientation of a molecular magnet weakly coupled to the surface or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Elina Locane , Piet W. Brouwer

We revisit electric and magnetic surface charges and edge modes in four-dimensional Maxwell theory and QED on a spacetime with a finite spatial boundary. Using the S-wall, which implements electromagnetic duality, we clarify the dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-28 Keito Shimizu , Sotaro Sugishita

We consider the scaling limit of a generic ferromagnetic system with a continuous phase transition, on the half plane with boundary conditions leading to the equilibrium of two different phases below criticality. We use general properties…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-09 Gesualdo Delfino , Alessio Squarcini

We use the bulk Hamiltonian for a three-dimensional topological insulator such as $\rm Bi_2 Se_3$ to study the states which appear on its various surfaces and along the edge between two surfaces. We use both analytical methods based on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Oindrila Deb , Abhiram Soori , Diptiman Sen