Topological current divider in a Chern insulator junction

Dmitry Ovchinnikov; Jiaqi Cai; Zhong Lin; Zaiyao Fei; Zhaoyu Liu; Yong-Tao Cui; David H. Cobden; Jiun-Haw Chu; Cui-Zu Chang; Di Xiao; Jiaqiang Yan; Xiaodong Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33645-7

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Topological current divider in a Chern insulator junction

Dmitry Ovchinnikov,
Jiaqi Cai,
Zhong Lin,
Zaiyao Fei,
Zhaoyu Liu,
Yong-Tao Cui,
David H. Cobden,
Jiun-Haw Chu,
Cui-Zu Chang,
Di Xiao,
Jiaqiang Yan,
Xiaodong Xu

Affiliations

Dmitry Ovchinnikov: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Jiaqi Cai: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Zhong Lin: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Zaiyao Fei: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Zhaoyu Liu: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Yong-Tao Cui: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
David H. Cobden: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Jiun-Haw Chu: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Cui-Zu Chang: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University
Di Xiao: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Jiaqiang Yan: Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Xiaodong Xu: Department of Physics, University of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33645-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Topological materials hold great promise for dissipationless information transmission. Here, the authors create Chern insulator junctions between domains with different Chern numbers in MnBi2Te4 to realize the basic operation of a topological circuit.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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