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The integral and fractional quantum Hall effects are among the most important discoveries in condensed matter physics in 1980s. The main results can be summarized in the conductance matrix. When the filling factor is an integer or some…
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The interlayer pair-tunneling (ILT) mechanism for high-$T_c$ superconductivity is able to predict the dependence of the (optimal) critical temperature Tc on the number of layers n within an homologous series of layered cuprate oxides. We…
The Hall coefficient is related to the effective carrier density and Fermi surface topology in noninteracting and weakly interacting systems. In strongly correlated systems, the relation between the Hall coefficient and single-particle…
One of the hallmarks of topological insulators is the correspondence between the value of its bulk topological invariant and the number of topologically protected edge modes observed in a finite-sized sample. This bulk-boundary…
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The topological Haldane model (THM) on a honeycomb lattice is a prototype of systems hosting topological phases of matter without external fields. It is the simplest model exhibiting the quantum Hall effect without Landau levels, which…
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Nonlinear Hall effect (NLHE) offers a novel means of uncovering symmetry and topological properties in quantum materials, holding promise for exotic (opto)electronic applications such as microwave rectification and THz detection. The…
This work concerns with the description of the topological phases of band insulators of class DIII by using the equivariant cohomology. The main result is the definition of a cohomology class for general systems of class DIII which…
A three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI) is a quantum state of matter with a gapped insulating bulk yet a conducting surface hosting topologically-protected gapless surface states. One of the most distinct electronic transport…
Topological matter has become one of the most important subjects in contemporary condensed matter physics. Here, I would like to provide a pedagogical review explaining some of the main ideas, which were pivotal in establishing topological…
It is well known that the quantum Hall conductivity in the presence of constant magnetic field is expressed through the topological TKNN invariant. The same invariant is responsible for the intrinsic anomalous quantum Hall effect (AQHE),…
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