Topological Anderson insulator in three dimensions

H. M. Guo; G. Rosenberg; G. Refael; M. Franz

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216601

Topological Anderson insulator in three dimensions

H. M. Guo^*
, G. Rosenberg
, G. Refael
, M. Franz

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of British Columbia
Capital Normal University
California Institute of Technology

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	216601
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216601
State	Published - 19 Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

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