Excitons and optical absorption on the surface of a strong topological insulator with a magnetic energy gap

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Garate, Ion ^a,b   Franz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

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EID: 79961192218     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045403     Document Type: Article

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