Three-dimensional topological insulator in a magnetic field: chiral side surface states and quantized Hall conductance |
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Authors: | Zhang Yan-Yang Wang Xiang-Rong Xie X C |
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Institution: | Department of Physics and Center of Computational and Theoretical Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. |
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Abstract: | Low energy excitation of surface states of a three-dimensional topological insulator (3DTI) can be described by Dirac fermions. By using a tight-binding model, the transport properties of the surface states in a uniform magnetic field are investigated. It is found that chiral surface states parallel to the magnetic field are responsible for the quantized Hall (QH) conductance (2n + 1)e2/h multiplied by the number of Dirac cones. Due to the two-dimensional nature of the surface states, the robustness of the QH conductance against impurity scattering is determined by the oddness and evenness of the Dirac cone number. An experimental setup for transport measurement is proposed. |
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