Quantum Spin Hall Effect
Journal Article
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· Phys.Rev.Lett.96:106802,2006
OSTI ID:970440
The quantum Hall liquid is a novel state of matter with profound emergent properties such as fractional charge and statistics. Existence of the quantum Hall effect requires breaking of the time reversal symmetry caused by an external magnetic field. In this work, we predict a quantized spin Hall effect in the absence of any magnetic field, where the intrinsic spin Hall conductance is quantized in units of 2 e/4{pi}. The degenerate quantum Landau levels are created by the spin-orbit coupling in conventional semiconductors in the presence of a strain gradient. This new state of matter has many profound correlated properties described by a topological field theory.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 970440
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-13912
- Journal Information:
- Phys.Rev.Lett.96:106802,2006, Journal Name: Phys.Rev.Lett.96:106802,2006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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