Topological Insulators Dirac Equation in Condensed Matters /

• Main Author: Shen, Shun-Qing (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 174
• Subjects: Physics.; Solid state physics.; Semiconductors.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Solid State Physics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Topological insulators are insulating in the bulk, but process metallic states around its boundary owing to the topological origin of the band structure. The metallic edge or surface states are immune to weak disorder or impurities, and robust against the deformation of the system geometry. This boo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction.- Starting from the Dirac equation
• Minimal lattice model for topological insulator
• Topological invariants
• Topological phases in one dimension
• Quantum spin Hall effect
• Three dimensional topological insulators
• Impurities and defects in topological insulators
• Topological superconductors and superfluids
• Majorana fermions in topological insulators
• Topological Anderson Insulator
• Summary: Symmetry and Topological Classification.