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Quantized Hall Conductance in a Two-Dimensional Periodic Potential

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Thouless, D. J., Kohmoto, M., Nightingale, M. P., den Nijs, M.·1982·Physical Review Letters

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The Hall conductance of a two-dimensional electron gas has been studied in a uniform magnetic field and a periodic substrate potential $U$. The Kubo formula is written in a form that makes apparent the quantization when the Fermi energy lies in a gap. Explicit expressions have been obtained for the Hall conductance for both large and small $\frac{U}{\ensuremath{\hbar}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{c}}$.

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  • Berry curvature plays a key role in determining the Hall effect.

    “Topological consequences of Weyl nodes began to be explored with the realization that Berry curvature plays a key role in determining the Hall effect (Karplus and Luttinger, 1954; Thouless et al. , 1982), and the Weyl nodes are related to 'diabolic points' discussed by Berry as sources of Berry flux (Berry, 1985).”

    From Weyl and Dirac semimetals in three-dimensional solids (2018) · cites this paper as Thouless et al., 1982

  • The integral of Berry curvature over the 2D Brillouin zone determines the Chern number, a global topological invariant underlying quantization of Hall transport for a filled 2D band.

    “In a twodimensional (2D) quantum Hall system, for example, the integral of the Berry curvature over the 2D Brillouin zone determines the Chern number: a global topological invariant that underlies the quantization of Hall transport for a 2D filled energy band 2 .”
  • When a lattice is put in a commensurate magnetic field, each occupied band j contributes an integer to the total Hall conductance.

    “When a lattice is put in a commensurate magnetic field (one with rational flux per unit cell, in units of the flux quantum so that Bloch's theorem applies), each occupied band j contributes an integer (48)”

    From Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators (2011) · cites this paper as [48]

  • The sign of the Hall conductance depends on the sign of the effective Dirac mass, which here is set by the direction of the Zeeman field at the surface.

    “The sign of the Hall conductance depends on the sign of the effective Dirac mass, 10,31,32 which here is set by the direction of the Zeeman field at the surface.”

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  • The total conductance of a slab is always an integer.

    “Note that the total conductance of a slab is always an integer, as required. 10,11,33”

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Authors
Thouless, D. J., Kohmoto, M., Nightingale, M. P., & den Nijs, M.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
1982-08-09
Volume
49
Issue
6
Pages
405-408
ISSN
0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2037807652
Cited by
6,973
References
10
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FWCI
14.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
  • Journal of Media Literacy Education (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (7920785)
  • Division of Materials Research
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
Keywords
Hall conductance quantization, two-dimensional electron gas, uniform magnetic field, Kubo formula, Landau levels, quantum Hall effect

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