Overview
- Gives an up-to-date overview of the studies in the hot field of topological insulators
- Presents a unified description of topological insulators, superconductors and Weyl semimetals from one to three dimensions based on the modified Dirac equation
- Serves as a starting point for newcomers or students to enter the field of topological insulators
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 187)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This new edition presents a unified description of these insulators from one to three dimensions based on the modified Dirac equation. It derives a series of solutions of the bound states near the boundary, and describes the current status of these solutions. Readers are introduced to topological invariants and their applications to a variety of systems from one-dimensional polyacetylene, to two-dimensional quantum spin Hall effect and p-wave superconductors, three-dimensional topological insulators and superconductors or superfluids, and topological Weyl semimetals, helping them to better understand this fascinating field.
To reflect research advances in topological insulators, several parts of the book have been updated for the second edition, including: Spin-Triplet Superconductors, Superconductivity in Doped Topological Insulators, Detection of Majorana Fermions and so on. In particular, the book features a new chapter on Weyl semimetals, a topic that has attracted considerable attention and has already become a new hotpot of research in the community.
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About the author
Professor Shun-Qing Shen, an expert in the field of condensed matter physics, is distinguished for his research works on topological quantum materials, spintronics of semiconductors, quantum magnetism and orbital physics in transition metal oxides, and novel quantum states of condensed matter. He proposed topological Anderson insulator, theory of weak localization and antilocalization for Dirac fermions, spin transverse force, resonant spin Hall effect and the theory of phase separation in colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) materials. He proved the existence of antiferromagnetic long-range order and off-diagonal long-range order in itinerant electron systems.
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 (The Croucher Award) in 2010.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Topological Insulators
Book Subtitle: Dirac Equation in Condensed Matter
Authors: Shun-Qing Shen
Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4606-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4605-6Published: 05 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5179-2Published: 09 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4606-3Published: 18 August 2017
Series ISSN: 0171-1873
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Semiconductors, Solid State Physics, Optical and Electronic Materials