High-precision realization of robust quantum anomalous Hall state in a hard ferromagnetic topological insulator

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 473-477

  Chang, Cui Zu ^a   Zhao, Weiwei ^b   Kim, Duk Y ^b   Zhang, Haijun ^c   Assaf, Badih A ^d   Heiman, Don ^d   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^c   Liu, Chaoxing ^b   Chan, Moses H W ^b   Moodera, Jagadeesh S ^a,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN HALL EFFECT;

ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; EXTERNAL FIELDS; HALL CONDUCTANCE; HIGH CURIE TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONS;

QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84936937529     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4204     Document Type: Article

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