Topological Anderson Insulator in Three Dimensions

2010/06/14 by H. -M. Guo, Huaiming Guo, G. Rosenberg +4 · 214 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Condensed matter physics #Insulator (electricity) #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum many-body systems #Quantum mechanics #State of matter #Topological Materials and Phenomena #Topological insulator #Topological order #Topology (electrical circuits) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.105.216601

published in Physical Review Letters 105(21), 216601 (American Physical Society) · 5 pages, 2 figures. For related work and info visit http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~franz/

arxiv created 2010/06/14 · openalex publication_date 2010/11/19 · arxiv updated 2010/12/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

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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