Inducing a magnetic monopole with topological surface states

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5918, 2009, Pages 1184-1187

  Qi, Xiao Liang ^a   Li, Rundong ^a   Zang, Jiadong ^b   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 61349184488     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167747     Document Type: Article

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