Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Zero-field edge plasmons in a magnetic topological insulator

  • Alice C. Mahoney,
  • James I. Colless,
  • Lucas Peeters,
  • Sebastian J. Pauka,
  • Eli J. Fox,
  • Xufeng Kou,
  • Lei Pan,
  • Kang L. Wang,
  • David Goldhaber-Gordon,
  • David J. Reilly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01984-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Direct measurement of edge transport in the quantum anomalous Hall effect can be made difficult due to the presence of parallel conductive paths. Here, Mahoney et al. report features associated with chiral edge plasmons, a signature of robust edge states, by probing the zero-field microwave response of a magnetised disk of Cr-(Bi,Sb)2Te3.