Magnetic topological insulators at finite temperature

J Phys Condens Matter. 2014 Apr 30;26(17):175601. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/17/175601. Epub 2014 Apr 11.

Abstract

In this paper, we study the two-dimensional magnetic topological insulators from the correlated Chern insulator and the correlated Z2 topological insulator at finite temperature. For the 2D correlated Chern insulator, we find that the thermal-fluctuation-induced magnetic topological insulator (MTI) appears in the intermediate interaction region of the correlated Chern insulator. On the contrary, for the correlated Z2 topological insulator, thermal-fluctuation-induced MTI does not exist. Finally, we offer an explanation on the difference between the two cases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Electric Conductivity*
  • Magnetic Fields*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Temperature*