Topological Insulators: General Theory

Presentations

• Z$_Q$ topological invariants for identification of short rangeentangled states

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:00 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Isao Maruyama

    • Osaka University

  • Sho Tanaya

    • Tsukuba University

  • Yasuhiro Hatsugai

    • Tsukuba University

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• Trace index and spectral flow in the entanglement spectrum of topological insulators

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:12 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Aris Alexandradinata

    • Princeton Physics Dept

  • Taylor Hughes

    • UIUC Physics Dept
    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    • Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Department of Physics, University of Illinois

  • B. Andrei Bernevig

    • Princeton Physics Dept
    • Princeton University

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• Axions strings and Goldstone-Wilczek currents in quantum spin systems and topological insulators

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:24 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Akihiro Tanaka

    • National Institute for Materials Science

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• Casimir Interaction Between Topological Insulator Thin Films and Graphene Sheets

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:36 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Wang-Kong Tse

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 USA

  • A.H. MacDonald

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

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• Exact duality between symmetry protected topological order and intrinsic topological order

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:48 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Zhengcheng Gu

    • Kavli Institue for Theoretical Physics

  • Michael Levin

    • Kavli Institue for Theoretical Physics

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• Asymmetric spatial structure of zero modes for birefringent Dirac fermions

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:00 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Malcolm P. Kennett

    • Simon Fraser University

  • Bitan Roy

    • NHMFL, Florida State University

  • Peter Smith

    • Simon Fraser University

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• Location of Singularities in tight-binding wave function of loop-ordered states with Chern numbers

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:12 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Yan He

    • University of California Riverside

  • Chandra Varma

    • University of California Riverside
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Riverside

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• Effects of spin-orbit interaction on a triangular lattice potential patterned two-dimensional electron gas

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:24 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Chon-Saar Chu

    • Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
    • ElectroPhysice department, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
    • National Chiao Tung University, dept. of Electrophysics

  • Wie-Lin Su

    • Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan

  • RongSing Chang

    • Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan

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• Smooth gauge for topological insulators

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:36 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Alexey Soluyanov

    • Rutgers University

  • David Vanderbilt

    • Rutgers University

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• Stable nontrivial $Z_2$ topology in ultrathin Bi (111) films: a first-principles study

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:48 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Zheng Liu

    • Tsinghua University \& University of Utah

  • Chao-Xing Liu

    • Wuerzburg Universitat

  • Yong-Shi Wu

    • University of Utah

  • Wen-Hui Duan

    • Tsinghua University

  • Feng Liu

    • University of Utah

  • Jian Wu

    • Tsinghua University

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• Breakdown of Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson Scheme by Spontaneous Orbital Currents in Zero-gap Semiconductors

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:00 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Moyuru Kurita

    • Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

  • Youhei Yamaji

    • Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

  • Masatoshi Imada

    • Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo and JST CREST

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• Transition in topological phase of Ge-Sb-Te and Ge-Bi-Te heterostructures

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:12 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jeongwoo Kim

    • Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology

  • Jinwoong Kim

    • Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology

  • Ki-Seok Kim

    • Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology

  • Seung-Hoon Jhi

    • Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology

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• Nontrivial topological effects on the surface of strong and weak topological insulators and superconductors

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:24 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Ching-Kai Chiu

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Michael Stone

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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