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arxiv: 1903.05089 · v2 · pith:GFLJTLRSnew · submitted 2019-03-12 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.dis-nn

Quantum Anomalous Parity Hall Effect in Magnetically Disordered Topological Insulator Films

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.dis-nn
keywords anomaloushallmagneticquantumedgemagneticallymodesmoments
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In magnetically doped thin-film topological insulators, aligning the magnetic moments generates a quantum anomalous Hall phase supporting a single chiral edge state. We show that as the system de-magnetizes, disorder from randomly oriented magnetic moments can produce a `quantum anomalous parity Hall' phase with \emph{helical} edge modes protected by a unitary reflection symmetry. We further show that introducing superconductivity, combined with selective breaking of reflection symmetry by a gate, allows for creation and manipulation of Majorana zero modes via purely electrical means and at zero applied magnetic field.

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