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Topological Quantization in Units of the Fine Structure Constant
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Fundamental topological phenomena in condensed matter physics are associated with a quantized electromagnetic response in units of fundamental constants. Recently, it has been predicted theoretically that the time-reversal invariant topological insulator in three dimensions exhibits a topological magnetoelectric effect quantized in units of the fine structure constant α=e²/ℏc. In this Letter, we propose an optical experiment to directly measure this topological quantization phenomenon, independent of material details. Our proposal also provides a way to measure the half-quantized Hall conductances on the two surfaces of the topological insulator independently of each other.
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- Authors
- Maciejko, J., Qi, X.-L., Drew, H. D., & Zhang, S.-C.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2010-10-12
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 166803-166803
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2065883089
- Cited by
- 254
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 11.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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