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- Title
Journal club.
- Authors
Heiblum, Moty
- Abstract
The article shares the author's approval to the verification of the quantum spin Hall effect conducted by Laurens Molenkamp of the University of Würzburg in Germany and his colleagues. Quantum spin Hall effect is where chiral edge channels form in semiconductor insulators with irregular electronic structures. This results to a strong spin-orbit interaction between electron spins and velocities which makes valence band energetically higher than conduction band. The author also mentions his fascination to the collisionless motion of charge carriers in solids.
- Subjects
GERMANY; QUANTUM Hall effect; MOLENKAMP, Laurens; BAYERISCHE Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg; SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRONIC structure; CONDUCTION bands; SOLIDS; HALL effect
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 452, Issue 7186, p391
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/452391a