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量子反常霍尔效应的标度作为轴子电动力学的指示

Scaling of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect as an Indicator of Axion Electrodynamics

S. Grauer, K. M. Fijalkowski, S. Schreyeck, M. Winnerlein, K. Brunner, R. Thomale, C. Gould, L. W. Molenkamp

摘要:

本文报道了不同厚度的V掺杂(Bi,Sb)$_2$ Te $_3$样品在量子反常霍尔区的标度行为。虽然以前的量子反常霍尔测量显示出相同的缩放预期从二维整数量子霍尔状态,我们观察到一个三维空间维度作为层厚度的函数的交叉。在一个足够厚的层的限制,我们发现的标度行为匹配的两个平行的导电拓扑表面状态的三维拓扑绝缘体的流程图,每个具有一个分数移位的$\frac{1}{2} e^2/h$在流程图霍尔电导率,而我们恢复预期的整数量子霍尔行为较薄的层。这构成了一种独特类型的量子反常霍尔效应的观察,从三维拓扑绝缘体表面态的$\frac{1}{2} e^2/h$霍尔电导量子化,在一个实验中,不需要分解的信号分离的两个表面的贡献。这为量子霍尔物理学和轴子电动力学之间提供了一个可能的实验联系。

英文摘要:

We report on the scaling behavior of V-doped (Bi,Sb)$_2$Te$_3$ samples in the quantum anomalous Hall regime for samples of various thickness. While previous quantum anomalous Hall measurements showed the same scaling as expected from a two-dimensional integer quantum Hall state, we observe a dimensional crossover to three spatial dimensions as a function of layer thickness. In the limit of a sufficiently thick layer, we find scaling behavior matching the flow diagram of two parallel conducting topological surface states of a three-dimensional topological insulator each featuring a fractional shift of $\frac{1}{2} e^2/h$ in the flow diagram Hall conductivity, while we recover the expected integer quantum Hall behavior for thinner layers. This constitutes the observation of a distinct type of quantum anomalous Hall effect, resulting from $\frac{1}{2} e^2/h$ Hall conductance quantization of three-dimensional topological insulator surface states, in an experiment which does not require decomposition of signal to separate the contribution of two surfaces. This provides a possible experimental link between quantum Hall physics and axion electrodynamics.

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