Evidence for helical edge modes in inverted InAs/GaSb quantum wells

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Knez, Ivan ^a   Du, Rui Rui ^a   Sullivan, Gerard ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK CONDUCTION; COMPOSITE QUANTUM WELL; ELECTROSTATIC GATES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAP OPENING; HYBRIDIZATION GAP; INAS/GASB; LOW TEMPERATURE ELECTRONICS; SAMPLE LENGTH; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 80053117994     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.136603     Document Type: Article

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