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- A starting point to enter the new research field-topological insulators
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 174)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Topological insulators are insulating in the bulk, but process metallic states present around its boundary owing to the topological origin of the band structure. The metallic edge or surface states are immune to weak disorder or impurities, and robust against the deformation of the system geometry. This book, the first of its kind on topological insulators, presents a unified description of topological insulators from one to three dimensions based on the modified Dirac equation. A series of solutions of the bound states near the boundary are derived, and the existing conditions of these solutions are described. Topological invariants and their applications to a variety of systems from one-dimensional polyacetalene, to two-dimensional quantum spin Hall effect and p-wave superconductors, and three-dimensional topological insulators and superconductors or superfluids are introduced, helping readers to better understand this fascinating new field.
This book is intended for researchers and graduate students working in the field of topological insulators and related areas.
Shun-Qing Shen is a Professor at the Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, China.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book is devoted to the study of a large family of topological insulators and superconductors based on the solutions of the Dirac equation … . this book combines clear physical approaches and strict mathematics. It is very interesting from a methodical viewpoint for teaching the modern physics of condensed matters.” (I. A. Parinov, zbMATH, Vol. 1273, 2013)
Authors and Affiliations
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, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hongkong, China, People's Republic
Shun-Qing Shen
About the author
Professor Shun-Qing Shen has been a professor of physics at The University of Hong Kong since July 2007. Professor Shen received his BS, MS, and PhD in theoretical physics from Fudan University in Shanghai. He was a postdoctorial fellow (1992 – 1995) in China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (CCAST), Beijing, Alexander von Humboldt fellow (1995 – 1997) in Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, and JSPS research fellow (1997) in Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. In December 1997 he joined Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong. He was awarded Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (Croucher Prize) in 2010.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Topological Insulators
Book Subtitle: Dirac Equation in Condensed Matters
Authors: Shun-Qing Shen
Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32858-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32857-2Published: 11 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32858-9Published: 11 January 2013
Series ISSN: 0171-1873
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 225
Topics: Semiconductors, Solid State Physics, Optical and Electronic Materials