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A quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator is a topological state of matter, in which the interior is insulating but electrical current flows along the edges of the sample, in either clockwise (right-handed) or counter-clockwise (left-handed)…

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…

Magnetic topological states refer to a class of exotic phases in magnetic materials with their non-trivial topological property determined by magnetic spin configurations. An example of such states is the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) state,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Yi-Fan Zhao , Ruoxi Zhang , Zi-Ting Sun , Ling-Jie Zhou , Deyi Zhuo , Zi-Jie Yan , Hemian Yi , Ke Wang , Moses H. W. Chan , Chao-Xing Liu , K. T. Law , Cui-Zu Chang

From the low-energy model, the topological field theory indicates that the surface magnetization can open a surface gap in 3D topological insulators (TIs), resulting in a half-quantized Hall conductance. Here by employing the realistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Yu-Hao Wan , Qing-Feng Sun

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…

Altermagnets are a promising class of materials for spintronic applications. However, compounds that simultaneously combine the symmetry required to support an anomalous Hall effect with good metallic conductivity and magnetic ordering…

We theoretically show that the three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI)/thin-film ferromagnetic metal (FMM) bilayer structure is possible to be a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator with a wide global band gap. Studying the band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Katsuhiro Arimoto , Takashi Koretsune , Kentaro Nomura

Nontrivial band topology combined with magnetic ordering can produce quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI), which may lead to advances in device concepts. Here, through first-principles calculations, stable monolayer $\mathrm{Fe_2Br_2}$…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-22 San-Dong Guo , Yu-Tong Zhu , Bang-Gui Liu

High quality chromium (Cr) doped three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) Sb2Te3 films are grown via molecular beam epitaxy on heat-treated insulating SrTiO3(111) substrates. We report that the Dirac surface states are insensitive to Cr…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Cui-Zu Chang , Min-Hao Liu , Zuo-Cheng Zhang , Yayu Wang , Ke He , Qi-Kun Xue

We study theoretically the role of quenched magnetic disorder at the surface of a topological insulator by numerical simulation and scaling analysis. It is found that all the surface states are localized while the transverse conductivity is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-19 Kentaro Nomura , Naoto Nagaosa

Two-dimensional ferromagnet Cr2Ge2Te6 (CGT) is so resistive below its Curie temperature that probing its magnetism by electrical transport becomes extremely difficult. By forming heterostructures with Pt, however, we observe clear anomalous…

Can a generic magnetic insulator exhibit a Hall current? The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is one example of an insulating bulk carrying a quantized Hall conductivity and other insulators (with zero Chern number) present zero Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-06 Daniel Kaplan , Tobias Holder , Binghai Yan

Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect is a quantum Hall effect that occurs without the need of external magnetic field. A system composed of multiple parallel QAH layers is an effective high Chern number QAH insulator and the key to the…

Exploration of novel electromagnetic phenomena is a subject of great interest in topological quantum materials. One of the unprecedented effects to be experimentally verified is topological magnetoelectric (TME) effect originating from an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-10 M. Mogi , M. Kawamura , A. Tsukazaki , R. Yoshimi , K. S. Takahashi , M. Kawasaki , Y. Tokura

Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator is a topological phase which exhibits chiral edge states in the absence of magnetic field. The celebrated Haldane model is the first example of QAH effect, but difficult to realize. Here, we predict…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-24 H. P. Wang , Wei Luo , H. J. Xiang

The interplay between magnetism and strong topological insulator gives rise to distinct new topological phases and various intriguing phenomena, attracting significant attention in recent years. However, magnetic effects in weak topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Rui Chen , Xiao-Xia Yi , Bin Zhou , Dong-Hui Xu

Two-dimensional moire materials present unprecedented opportunities to explore quantum phases of matter arising from the interplay of band topology and strong correlations.One of the most striking examples is the recent observation of…

$\mathrm{MnBi_2Te_4}$ has recently been established as an intrinsic antiferromagnetic (AFM) topological insulator and predicted to be an ideal platform to realize quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator and axion insulator states. We…

Quantum anomalous Hall effect(QAHE) can only be realized at extremely low temperatures in magnetically doped topological insulators(TIs) due to limitations inherent with the doping precess. In an effort to boost the quantization temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-17 Xiong Yao , Bin Gao , Myung-Geun Han , Deepti Jain , Jisoo Moon , Jae Wook Kim , Yimei Zhu , Sang-Wook Cheong , Seongshik Oh

The Berry phase picture provides important insights into the electronic properties of condensed matter systems. The intrinsic anomalous Hall (AH) effect can be understood as a consequence of non-zero Berry curvature in momentum space. The…