Spin-polarized edge modes and snake states in HgTe/CdTe quantum wells under an antisymmetric magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Ying Tao ^a   Zhai, Feng ^b   Qiao, Zhenhua ^c   Sun, Qing Feng ^d  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84866355168     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.121403     Document Type: Article

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