Topological Anderson Insulator in Three Dimensions
Abstract
We show that disorder, when sufficiently strong, can transform an ordinary metal with strong spin-orbit coupling into a strong topological “Anderson” insulator, a new topological phase of quantum matter in three dimensions characterized by disordered insulating bulk and topologically protected conducting surface states.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1006.2777
- Bibcode:
- 2010PhRvL.105u6601G
- Keywords:
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- 72.80.Sk;
- 73.20.Fz;
- Insulators;
- Weak or Anderson localization;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 2 figures. For related work and info visit http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~franz/