拓扑绝缘体与其研究进展.pdfVIP

前沿进展 拓扑绝缘体及其研究进展 叶　飞 1 　　苏 　刚2 , ( 1 　中国科学院研究生院材料科学与光电技术学院　北京 　100049) (2 　中国科学院研究生院物理科学学院　北京 　100049) 摘 　要 　　拓扑绝缘体是当前凝聚态物理领域中的一个热点问题. 这类材料的典型特征是体内元激发存在能隙 , 但在边界上具有受拓扑保护的无能隙边缘激发. 从广义上讲 ,拓扑绝缘体可以分两大类 :一类是破坏时间反演的量 子霍尔体系 ,另一类是新近发现的时间反演不变的拓扑绝缘体. 这些新材料的奇特物理性质和潜在的应用前景 ,使 其倍受人们关注. 文章对这种新奇物态的物理性质和研究进展做了简要的介绍. 关键词 　　拓扑绝缘体 ,量子霍尔效应 ,量子自旋霍尔效应 ,拓扑分类 Topological insulators YE Fei 1 　　SU Gang2 , ( 1 　Col leg e of M ateri als S cience an d Op toelect ronic Technology , Gra d uate d Uni vers ity of Chi nese A ca demy of S ciences , B eij i ng 100049 , Chi na ) (2 　Col leg e of P hy s ical S ciences , Gra d uate d Uni vers ity of Chi nese A ca demy of S ciences , B eij i ng 100049 , Chi na ) Abstract 　　A new kind of in sulator ha s been p ropo sed recently , which i s fully gapp ed in t he bulk but ha s a met allic edge or surface st at es t hat are p rot ect ed topologically . These elect ronic mat erial s are dubbed a s topological in sulator s ( TIs) . Generally sp eaking , TIs can be divided into t wo cla sse s . One i s t he quant um Hall syst em which wa s found in t he 1980 s to show breaking of time rever sal symmet ry ( TR S) , and anot her i s t he newly di scovered t yp e which doe s not demon st rat e TR S breaking and ha s at t ract ed much at t ention recently . Thi s article p re sent s a brief review of recent advances in t he develop ment of TIs . Keywords 　　topological insulator ,quantum Hall effect ,quantum spin Hall effect ,topological classification