Published November 19, 2010
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Topological Anderson Insulator in Three Dimensions
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- Guo, H.-M.
- Rosenberg, G.
- Refael, G.
- Franz, M.
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.
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© 2010 The American Physical Society. Received 1 August 2010; published 19 November 2010. The authors acknowledge illuminating discussions with I. Garate, A. Kitaev, J. E. Moore, A. Vishwanath, C.Weeks, and S.-C. Zhang. The work was supported in part by NSERC, CIfAR (M. F.), China Scholarship Council (H. M. G.), the Packard Foundation, and the Research Corporation (G. R.).Attached Files
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
- China Scholarship Council
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Research Corporation
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