Topological Insulator and Related Topics (Volume 108) (Semiconductors and Semimetals, Volume 108)

Main subject categories: • Topological Insulators • Quantum Physics • Quantum Mechanics • TopologyTopological Insulator and Related Topics, Volume 108 in the Semiconductors and Semimetal series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Majorana modes at the ends of one dimensional topological superconductors, Optical/electronic properties of Weyl semimetals, High magnetic fields to unveil the electronic structure, magnetic field-induced transitions, and unconventional transport properties of topological semimetals, New aspects of strongly correlated superconductivity in the nearly flat-band regime, Anomalous transport properties in topological semimetals, Pseudo-gauge field and piezo-electromagnetic response in topological materials, Topological Gapped States Protected by Spatial Symmetries, and more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Semiconductors and Semimetals series Updated release includes the latest information on Topological Insulator and Related Topics Series Page Copyright Contributors Preface Electronic structures of topological quantum materials studied by ARPES Introduction to ARPES Basic concept General principle Experimental instrument Light source Vacuum system Sample manipulator Electron analyzer ARPES spectrum ARPES studies on topological quantum materials Topological insulating phases Topological insulator Weak topological insulator Topological crystalline insulator Topological semimetals Topological Dirac semimetal Topological Weyl semimetal Type-II topological Weyl/Dirac semimetals Topological nodal line semimetals Topological semimetals with unconventional fermions Topological superconductors Summary and perspective References Anomalous transport properties in topological semimetals Introduction Chiral anomaly Brief review of 2D QH system Bulk state Relation to edge state WSM as a 3D surface state of 4D bulk QH system WSM in real 3D bulk Fermi arcs Field induced AHE and ATE (or ANE) Example 1: In-PbSnTe When inversion symmetry is preserved When inversion symmetry is broken Effect of Berry curvature in the WSM phase of Pb1-xSnxTe Initial clue of Berry curvature in the WSM phase under pressure Berry curvature extracted by in-plane Hall and Nernst measurements Berry curvature response in any magnetic field direction Example 2: ZrTe5 Example 3: Cd3As2 Conclusion and future outlook References Quantum transport study in three-dimensional topological insulator BiSbTeSe2 Introductions Brief introduction to topological states of matter Introduction to 3D topological insulators Introduction to an intrinsic 3D TI BiSbTeSe2 Electrical properties of BiSbTeSe2 Sample preparation Extracting conduction for the surface states Hall measurements of bulk samples Ambipolar field effect Weak antilocalization effect ``Half-integer ́ ́ quantum Hall effect in BSTS Extracting π Berry ́s phase for the TSS Temperature dependence of the QHE Discussion Quantum transport in dual-gated 3D topological insulators Dual-gated device fabrication Independent gating of top and bottom surfaces Gate efficiency and mobility of each surface Minimum conductivity at double Dirac point Dual-gate tunable QHE Non-local measurements Temperature dependence study Dissipationless and dissipative edge states Inter-surface hybridization in thin BSTS In-plane magnetic field effect Effect of an in-plane magnetic field on relatively thick samples Large negative MR in thinner samples In-plane magnetic field induced insulator-semimetal transition Discussion References Topological superconductivity in spin-orbit-coupled semiconducting nanowires Introduction Theoretical background Jackiw–Rebbi solution of a zero energy bound state in one dimension 2D Spinless (px + ipy) superconductor 1D spinless p-wave superconductor: Kitaev lattice model Majorana fermions and Majorana zero modes in one-dimensional p-wave superconductors Non-Abelian statistics: Quantum information processing using Majorana modes Topological superconductivity in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors Vortex bound states in semiconductor-superconductor structures Domain wall states in the topological phase Edge boundary conditions Nonchiral Majorana models in Josephson junction π junctions Relation to bulk-phase transition and topological invariant Dimensional reduction to one-dimensional nanowires Experimental signatures Transport signature Bulk gap closure Fractional Josephson effect Teleportation Discussion and conclusion Acknowledgment References Pseudo-gauge fields in Dirac and Weyl materials Introduction Dirac Quasi-particles and emergent pseudo-gauge fields Magnetization-induced pseudo-gauge field in magnetic topological systems Chiral zero modes at magnetic vortex cores in magnetic Weyl semimetals Magnetic-resonance-induced current response in axion insulators Strain-induced pseudo-gauge field and piezo-electromagnetic response 2 + 1D Piezoelectric effect Dynamical piezomagnetic effect Conclusion Acknowledgments References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z Topological Insulator and Related Topics, Volume 108 in the Semiconductors and Semimental series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Majorana modes at the ends of one dimensional topological superconductors, Optical/electronic properties of Weyl semimetals, High magnetic fields to unveil the electronic structure, magnetic field-induced transitions, and unconventional transport properties of topological semimetals, New aspects of strongly correlated superconductivity in the nearly flat-band regime, Anomalous transport properties in topological semimetals, Pseudo-gauge field and piezo-electromagnetic response in topological materials, Topological Gapped States Protected by Spatial Symmetries, and more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Semiconductors and Semimetals series Updated release includes the latest information on Topological Insulator and Related Topics