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Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators offer low disorder and large magnetic bandgaps for robust magnetic topological phases operating at higher temperatures. By controlling the layer thickness, emergent phenomena such as the Quantum…

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) has unique advantages in topotronic applications, but it is still challenging to realize the QAHE with tunable magnetic and topological properties for building functional devices. Through systematic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Feng Xue , Yusheng Hou , Zhe Wang , Zhiming Xu , Ke He , Ruqian Wu , Yong Xu , Wenhui Duan

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), the last member of Hall family, was predicted to exhibit quantized Hall conductivity e2/h without any external magnetic field. The QAHE shares a similar physical phenomenon with the integer quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Cui-Zu Chang , Mingda Li

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

Magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) offer a combination of topologically nontrivial characteristics and magnetic order and show promise in terms of potentially interesting physical phenomena such as the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH)…

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is an exotic quantum phenomenon originating from dissipation-less chiral channels at the sample edge. While the QAHE has been observed in magnetically doped topological insulators (TIs), exploiting…

Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is a fundamental transport phenomenon in the field of condensed-matter physics. Without external magnetic field, spontaneous magnetization combined with spin-orbit coupling give rise to a quantized Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-08 Z. F. Wang , Zheng Liu , Feng Liu

Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) has been experimentally realized in magnetic topological insulator (MTI) thin films fabricated on magnetically doped (Bi,Sb)2Te3. In a MTI thin film with the magnetic easy axis along the normal direction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Xing Yanxia , Cheung King Tai , Xu Fuming , Sun Qing-feng , Wang Jian , Yao Yugui

The combination of topology and magnetism is attractive to produce exotic quantum matters, such as the quantum anomalous Hall state, axion insulators and the magnetic Weyl semimetals. MnBi2Te4, as an intrinsic magnetic topological…

This short review appears on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of discovery of intrinsic magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) of the MnBi${}_2$Te${}_4$ family, which have attracted a great deal of attention recently. This family of…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-05 A. Yu. Vyazovskaya , M. Bosnar , E. V. Chulkov , M. M. Otrokov

The magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_{6}$Te$_{10}$ has emerged as a promising candidate for realizing the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), owing to its ability to retain ferromagnetism through precise control of anti-site defects.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Khanh Duy Nguyen , Gabriele Berruto , Seng Huat Lee , Yunhe Bai , Haoran Lin , Qiang Gao , Zhiqiang Mao , Shuolong Yang

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) has recently been reported to emerge in magnetically-doped topological insulators. Although its general phenomenology is well established, the microscopic origin is far from being properly understood…

Topological insulators lacking time-reversal symmetry can exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall effect. Odd-layer thick MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ is a promising platform due to its intrinsic magnetic nature, however, quantization is rarely observed in…

Ferroelectricity, anti-ferromagnetism (AFM) and quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) are three fundamental phenomena in the field of condensed matter physics, which could enable the realization of novel devices and thus attracts great…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-02-13 Yan Liang , Fulu Zheng , Thomas Frauenheim , Pei Zhao

An intriguing observation on the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) in magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) is the dissipative edge states, where quantized Hall resistance is accompanied by nonzero longitudinal resistance. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-05 Yanxia Xing , Fuming Xu , Qing-feng Sun , Jian Wang , Yu-gui Yao

Interplay between topology and magnetism induces various exotic quantum phenomena, with magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) serving as a prominent example due to their ability to host the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE). However,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-14 Ming Xi , Yuchong Zhang , Wenju Zhou , Famin Chen , Donghan Jia , Huiyang Gou , Tian Qian , Hechang Lei

Here we report the reserved anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the 5-septuple-layer van der Waals device of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4. By employing the top/bottom gate, a negative AHE loop gradually decreases to zero…

The interplay between nontrivial band topology and layered antiferromagnetism in MnBi2Te4 has opened up a new avenue for exploring topological phases of matter. Representative examples include the quantum anomalous Hall effect and axion…

In this study, we investigate intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We observe a reentrant quantum anomalous Hall effect when the Fermi energy enters the valance band and magnetic…

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) that emerges under broken time-reversal symmetry in topological insulators (TI) exhibits many fascinating physical properties for potential applications in nano-electronics and spintronics. However,…