Axion physics in condensed-matter systems

DM Nenno, CAC Garcia, J Gooth, C Felser… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Axions are hypothetical particles that were proposed to solve the strong charge–parity
problem in high-energy physics. Although they have long been known in quantum field …

Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators

P Wang, J Ge, J Li, Y Liu, Y Xu, J Wang - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Introducing magnetism into topological insulators breaks time-reversal symmetry, and the
magnetic exchange interaction can open a gap in the otherwise gapless topological surface …

[HTML][HTML] Axion electrodynamics in topological materials

A Sekine, K Nomura - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
One of the intriguing properties characteristic to three-dimensional topological materials is
the topological magnetoelectric phenomena arising from a topological term called the θ …

Tunable topological states in stacked chern insulator bilayers

X Li, X Xu, H Zhou, H Jia, E Wang, H Fu, JT Sun… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of intrinsic quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulators with a long-range
ferromagnetic (FM) order triggers unprecedented prosperity for combining topology and …

Routes to realize the axion-insulator phase in MnBi2Te4 (Bi2Te3) n family

Y Zhao, Q Liu - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Axion, first postulated as a hypothetical particle in high-energy physics, is now extended to
describe a novel topological magnetoelectric effect derived from the Chern–Simons theory …

Large dynamical axion field in topological antiferromagnetic insulator Mn2Bi2Te5

J Zhang, D Wang, M Shi, T Zhu, H Zhang… - Chinese Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The dynamical axion field is a new state of quantum matter where the magnetoelectric
response couples strongly to its low-energy magnetic fluctuations. It is fundamentally …

Floquet engineering of magnetic topological insulator films

T Zhu, H Wang, H Zhang - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Floquet engineering is an important way to manipulate the electronic states of condensed
matter physics. Recently, the discovery of the magnetic topological insulator MnBi 2 Te 4 …

Growth and characterization of the dynamical axion insulator candidate with intrinsic antiferromagnetism

L Cao, S Han, YY Lv, D Wang, YC Luo, YY Zhang… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Intrinsic antiferromagnetic Mn 2 Bi 2 Te 5 crystals, a candidate of dynamical axion insulator
proposed theoretically recently, were successfully grown by the self-flux method. The crystal …

Ferroelectrically switchable magnetic multistates in and thin films

G Yu, C Tang, Z Tian, Z Zhu, P Liu, A Pan, M Chen… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Ferroelectric control of two-dimensional magnetism is promising in fabricating electronic
devices with high speed and low-energy consumption. The newly discovered layered MnBi …

Elliptical high-order harmonic generation from driven by orthogonally polarized two-color laser fields

XX Huo, YH **ng, T Qi, Y Sun, B Li, J Zhang, XS Liu - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We theoretically investigate the elliptical high-order harmonic generation from the H 2+
molecule driven by the orthogonally polarized two-color laser field by numerically solving …