Quantized spin Hall conductance in a magnetically doped two dimensional topological insulator

The quantum spin Hall effect is expected not to survive the presence of magnetic impurities. Here, authors report full quantization at very low temperatures in HgTe quantum wells alloyed with a few percent of magnetic Mn atoms, due to Kondo screening.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Saquib Shamim, Wouter Beugeling, Pragya Shekhar, Kalle Bendias, Lukas Lunczer, Johannes Kleinlein, Hartmut Buhmann, Laurens W. Molenkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23262-1