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We theoretically report that, with \textit{in-plane} magnetization, the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) can be realized in two-dimensional atomic crystal layers with preserved inversion symmetry but broken out-of-plane mirror…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-21 Yafei Ren , Junjie Zeng , Xinzhou Deng , Fei Yang , Hui Pan , Zhenhua Qiao

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…

The interplay between spontaneous symmetry breaking and topology can result in exotic quantum states of matter. A celebrated example is the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) state, which exhibits an integer quantum Hall effect at zero magnetic…

Doping a topological insulator (TI) film with transition metal ions can break its time-reversal symmetry and lead to the realization of the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect. Prior studies have shown that the longitudinal resistance of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-30 Shu-Wei Wang , Di Xiao , Ziwei Dou , Moda Cao , Yi-Fan Zhao , Nitin Samarth , Cui-Zu Chang , Malcolm R. Connolly , Charles G. Smith

Quantum Anomalous Hall (QAH) state in six quintuple layer Cr$_{0.1}$(Bi$_{0.2}$Sb$_{0.8}$)$_{1.9}$Te$_3$ thin films were studied through scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and electrical transport measurements. While the surface state is…

The recent prediction, and subsequent discovery, of the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect in thin films of the three-dimensional ferromagnetic topological insulator (MTI) (Cr$_y$Bi$_x$Sb$_{1-x-y}$)$_2$Te$_3$ has opened new possibilities…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 I. T. Rosen , E. J. Fox , Xufeng Kou , Lei Pan , Kang L. Wang , D. Goldhaber-Gordon

Recent work has extended topological band theory to open, non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, yet little is understood about how non-Hermiticity alters the topological quantization of associated observables. We address this problem by studying the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Timothy M. Philip , Mark R. Hirsbrunner , Matthew J. Gilbert

We propose a new mechanism to explain the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and the electric-field-induced topological phase transition in AB-stacked MoTe${}_2$/WSe${}_2$ moir\'e heterobilayers at $\nu=1$ hole filling. We suggest that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Yao-Wen Chang , Yia-Chung Chang

The understanding of the Chern insulator and anomalous quantum Hall effect (AQHE) in terms of chiral edge states in confined systems is the first aim of the paper. The model we use consists in a diatomic square lattice with hopping to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 B. Ostahie , M. Nita , A. Aldea

Moir\'e materials provide fertile ground for the correlated and topological quantum phenomena. Among them, the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, in which the Hall resistance is quantized even under zero magnetic field, is a direct…

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

Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect in magnetic topological insulators is driven by the combination of spontaneous magnetic moments and spin-orbit coupling. Its recent experimental discovery raises the question if higher plateaus can also…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-26 Jing Wang , Biao Lian , Haijun Zhang , Yong Xu , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Based on ab initio calculations, we predict that a monolayer of Cr-doped (Bi,Sb)2Te3 and GdI2 heterostructure is a quantum anomalous Hall insulator with a non-trivial band gap up to 38 meV. The principle behind our prediction is that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Gang Xu , Jing Wang , Claudia Felser , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect is characterized by a dissipationless chiral edge state with a quantized Hall resistance at zero magnetic field. Manipulating the QAH state is of great importance in both the understanding of…

Monolayer V2O3, a two-dimensional magnetic topological insulator with intrinsic ferromagnetic order and a nontrivial band gap, offers a promising platform for realizing quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) states. Using first-principles density…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-30 Zheng Wang , Jingshen Yan , Shu-Shen Lyu , Kaixuan Chen

The interaction-driven quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator has been sought for a long time in a Dirac semimetal with linear band touching points at the Fermi level. By combining exact diagonalization, density matrix renormalization…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-11-04 Hongyu Lu , Shouvik Sur , Shou-Shu Gong , D. N. Sheng

Quantum anomalous Hall effect, with a trademark of dissipationless chiral edge states for electronics/spintronics transport applications, can be realized in materials with large spin-orbit coupling and strong intrinsic magnetization. After…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 Muhammad Nadeem , Alex R. Hamilton , Michael S. Fuhrer , Xiaolin Wang

Interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) between two magnetic layers sandwiched by a nonmagnetic spacer layer plays a critical role in shaping the magnetic properties of such heterostructures. The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Ruoxi Zhang , Yi-Fan Zhao , Ling-Jie Zhou , Deyi Zhuo , Zi-Jie Yan , Chao-Xing Liu , Moses H. W. Chan , Chui-Zhen Chen , Cui-Zu Chang

Anomalous Hall effect (AHE), a protocol of various low-power dissipation quantum phenomena and a fundamental precursor of intriguing topological phases of matter, is usually observed in ferromagnetic materials with orthogonal configuration…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-27 Jin Cao , Wei Jiang , Xiao-Ping Li , Daifeng Tu , Jiadong Zhou , Jianhui Zhou , Yugui Yao

The quantum anomalous Hall effect refers to the quantization of Hall effect in the absence of applied magnetic field. The quantum anomalous Hall effect is of topological nature and well suited for field-free resistance metrology and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Hang Chi , Jagadeesh S. Moodera