Emergent topological phenomena in thin films of pyrochlore iridates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Bohm Jung ^a   Nagaosa, Naoto ^a,b  

^a RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FILM THICKNESS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETS; DIMENSIONAL CROSSOVER; GROWTH TECHNIQUES; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS; TOPOLOGICAL PHASE; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84902682557     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.246402     Document Type: Article

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