Disorder effects in topological states: Brief review of the recent developments

B Wu, J Song, J Zhou, H Jiang - Chinese Physics B, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Disorder inevitably exists in realistic samples, manifesting itself in various exotic properties
for the topological states. In this paper, we summarize and briefly review the work completed …

Robust helical edge transport in quantum spin Hall quantum wells

R Skolasinski, DI Pikulin, J Alicea, M Wimmer - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We show that edge-state transport in semiconductor-based quantum spin Hall systems is
unexpectedly robust to magnetic fields. The origin for this robustness lies in an intrinsic …

Gapless insulating edges of dirty interacting topological insulators

YZ Chou, RM Nandkishore, L Radzihovsky - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We demonstrate that a combination of disorder and interactions in a two-dimensional bulk
topological insulator can generically drive its helical edge insulating. We establish this within …

In-plane magnetic field induced density wave states near quantum spin Hall phase transitions

Y Zeng, F Xue, AH MacDonald - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We study the influence of an in-plane magnetic field and Coulomb interactions on the
physics of quantum spin Hall insulators, like those in InAs/GaSb and HgTe/CdTe quantum …

Helical conducting edge states in narrow-gap semiconductors without band inversion

WK Lou, W Yang, K Chang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Band inversion accompanied by the emergence of gapless and helical edge states at the
boundary is a hallmark of 2D topological insulators. However, a recent experiment reports …

Hidden edge Dirac point and robust quantum edge transport in InAs/GaSb quantum wells

CA Li, SB Zhang, SQ Shen - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The robustness of quantum edge transport in InAs/GaSb quantum wells in the presence of
magnetic fields raises an issue on the fate of topological phases of matter under time …

Spin and charge transport through a helical Aharonov-Bohm interferometer with a strong magnetic impurity

RA Niyazov, DN Aristov, VY Kachorovskii - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We discuss transport through an interferometer formed by the helical edge states of a
quantum spin Hall insulator. Focusing on the effects induced by a strong magnetic impurity …

Aharonov–Bohm Interferometry Based on Helical Edge States (Brief Review)

RA Niyazov, DN Aristov, VY Kachorovskii - JETP Letters, 2021 - Springer
We review recent studies of the spin-dependent tunneling transport via an Aharonov–Bohm
interferometer (ABI) formed by helical edge states. We focus on the experimentally relevant …

Phase diagrams of Weyl semimetals with competing intraorbital and interorbital disorders

R Chen, CZ Chen, JH Sun, B Zhou, DH Xu - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
A Weyl semimetal (WSM) is a topological material that hosts Weyl fermions as quasiparticles
in the bulk. We study the combined effect of intra-and interorbital disorders on WSMs by …

Disorder-induced phase transitions in double Weyl semimetals

J Zhang, F Wan, X Wang, Y Ding, L Liao, Z Chen… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The double Weyl semimetal (DWSM) is a newly proposed topological material that hosts
Weyl points with chiral charge n= 2. The disorder effect in DWSM is investigated by adopting …