Observation of a large-gap topological-insulator class with a single Dirac cone on the surface

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 398-402

  Xia, Y ^a   Qian, D ^a,b   Hsieh, D ^a   Wray, L ^a   Pal, A ^a   Lin, H ^c   Bansil, A ^c   Grauer, D ^a   Hor, Y S ^a   Cava, R J ^a   Hasan, M Z ^a,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; SELENIUM; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; FAULT-TOLERANT QUANTUM COMPUTATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING EFFECTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TWO DIMENSIONAL SURFACE STATE;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 67650262991     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1274     Document Type: Article

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