Floquet topological insulator in semiconductor quantum wells

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-495

  Lindner, Netanel H ^a,b   Refael, Gil ^a,b   Galitski, Victor ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGY;

EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; QUASI-ENERGY SPECTRUM; SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS; TOPOLOGICAL PHASIS; TOPOLOGICAL STATE; TOPOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 79957997633     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1926     Document Type: Article

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