Thursday, April 13, 2017

Artificial topological matter opens new research directions

04/13/2017 11:57 AM EDT

the trivial insulator is relatively thick and blocks tunneling (trivial phase)

An international team of researchers have created a new structure that allows the tuning of topological properties in such a way as to turn on or off these unique behaviors. The structure could open up possibilities for new explorations into the properties of topological states of matter.


Full story at https://blogs.princeton.edu/research/2017/04/05/artificial-topological-matter-opens-new-research-directions/

Source
Princeton University


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