Robust integer and fractional helical modes in the quantum Hall effect

• Published in: Nature physics Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 411 - 416
• Main Authors: Ronen, Yuval, Cohen, Yonatan, Banitt, Daniel, Heiblum, Moty, Umansky, Vladimir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 142/126; 639/766/119/1000; 639/766/119/1001; 639/766/119/2792; 639/766/119/2794; Atomic; Banded structure; Classical and Continuum Physics; Complex Systems; Condensed Matter Physics; Electromagnetism; Electronic systems; Gallium arsenide; Hall effect; Interferometers; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum computing; Quantum Hall effect; Quantum wells; Superconductivity; Theoretical

Electronic systems harboring one-dimensional helical modes, where spin and momentum are locked, have lately become an important field of their own. When coupled to a conventional superconductor, such systems are expected to manifest topological superconductivity; a unique phase hosting exotic Majora...