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We present a new theoretical approach for the integer quantum Hall effect, which is able to describe the inter-plateau transitions as well as the transition to the Hall insulator. We find two regimes (metallic and insulator like) of the top…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Oswald , G. Span , F. Kuchar

The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) state is a two-dimensional bulk insulator with a non-zero Chern number in absence of external magnetic fields. Protected gapless chiral edge states enable dissipationless current transport in electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-25 Hai-Jun Zhang , Xiao Zhang , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Following the experimental realization of Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect in thin films of chromium-doped (Bi,Sb)$_2$Te$_3$, enhancing the work temperature of QAH effect has emerged as a significant and challenging task. Here we…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-29 Jianqi Zhong , Jianzhou Zhao , Jinyu Zou , Gang Xu

The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect is a novel topological spintronic phenomenon arising from inherent magnetization and spin-orbit coupling. Various theoretical and experimental efforts have been devoted in search of robust intrinsic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 Chengxi Huang , Jian Zhou , Haiping Wu , Kaiming Deng , Puru Jena , Erjun Kan

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

We consider the thermal Hall effect of fermionic matter coupled to emergent gauge fields in 2+1 dimensions. While the low-temperature thermal Hall conductivity of bulk topological phases can be connected to chiral edge states and a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-20 Haoyu Guo , Rhine Samajdar , Mathias S. Scheurer , Subir Sachdev

In a recent experiment, half-quantized longitudinal conductance plateaus (HQCPs) of height $\frac{e^2}{2h}$ have been observed in quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator/superconductor heterostructure transport measurements. It was predicted…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-07-26 Chui-Zhen Chen , James Jun He , Dong-Hui Xu , K. T. Law

The integer quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect is a lattice analog of the quantum Hall effect at zero magnetic field. This striking transport phenomenon occurs in electronic systems with topologically nontrivial bands and spontaneous…

We have measured the diffusion thermopower of a quantum Hall system in a Corbino setup. A concentric electron-temperature gradient is introduced by irradiating microwaves, via a coplanar waveguide, near the outer rim of a circular mesa of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-16 Shuhei Kobayakawa , Akira Endo , Yasuhiro Iye

Real-space separations of counter-moving states to opposite surfaces or edges are associated with different types of Hall effects, such as the quantum-, spin-, or the anomalous Hall effect. Some systems provide the possibility to separate a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-26 Maxim Breitkreiz

In this work, making use of time-resolved in situ Joule heating of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the Corbino geometry, we report bulk thermal conductance measurements for the {\nu} = 5/2 and {\nu} = 7/3 fractional quantum Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 F. Boivin , M. Petrescu , Z. Berkson-Korenberg , K. W. West L. N. Pfeiffer , G. Gervais

Quantum Hall (QH) edge channels appear not only along the edge of the electron gas but also along an interface between two QH regions with different filling factors. However, the fundamental transport characteristics of such interface…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-22 Chaojing Lin , Masayuki Hashisaka , Takafumi Akiho , Koji Muraki , Toshimasa Fujisawa

The creation of topologically non-trivial matter across electronic, mechanical, cold-atom, and photonic platforms is advancing rapidly, yet understanding the breakdown of topological protection remains a major challenge. In this work, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-05 George M. Ferguson , Run Xiao , Anthony R. Richardella , Austin Kaczmarek , Nitin Samarth , Katja C. Nowack

A quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator is characterized by quantized Hall and vanishing longitudinal resistances at zero magnetic field that are protected against local perturbations and independent of sample details. This insensitivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-28 G. M. Ferguson , Run Xiao , Anthony R. Richardella , David Low , Nitin Samarth , Katja C. Nowack

Recent experimental progress in condensed matter physics enables the observation of signatures of the parity anomaly in two-dimensional Dirac-like materials. Using effective field theories and analyzing band structures in external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-13 J. Böttcher , C. Tutschku , L. W. Molenkamp , E. M. Hankiewicz

We study the critical properties of the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) plateau transition in magnetic topological insulators. We introduce a microscopic model for the plateau transition in QAH effect at the coercive field and then map it to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Jing Wang , Biao Lian , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator is the key material to study emergent topological quantum effects, but its ultralow working temperature limits experiments. Here, by first-principles calculations, we find a family of stable…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-26 Yang Li , Jiaheng Li , Yang Li , Meng Ye , Fawei Zheng , Zetao Zhang , Jingheng Fu , Wenhui Duan , Yong Xu

The quantum anomalous Hall effect has recently been observed experimentally in thin films of Cr doped (Bi,Sb)$_2$Te$_3$ at a low temperature ($\sim$ 30mK). In this work, we propose realizing the quantum anomalous Hall effect in more…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-09 Qingze Wang , Xin Liu , Hai-Jun Zhang , Nitin Samarth , Shou-Cheng Zhang , Chao-Xing Liu

The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator is a topological quantum state with quantized Hall resistance and zero longitudinal resistance in the absence of an external magnetic field. The QAH insulator carries spin-polarized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-14 Han Tay , Yi-Fan Zhao , Ling-Jie Zhou , Ruoxi Zhang , Zi-Jie Yan , Deyi Zhuo , Moses H. W. Chan , Cui-Zu Chang

A recent experiment [Cohen et al., Science 382, 542 (2023)] observed a robustly quantized $e^2/2h$ conductance in a quantum point contact between fractional quantum Hall edges (a quantum Hall transformer), which then vanishes at low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Stuart Yi-Thomas , Jay D. Sau