Observation of Edge Transport in the Disordered Regime of Topologically Insulating InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells

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We observe edge transport in the topologically insulating InAs=GaSb system in the disordered regime. Using asymmetric current paths we show that conduction occurs exclusively along the device edge, exhibiting a large Hall signal at zero magnetic fields, while for symmetric current paths, the conductance between the two mesoscopicly separated probes is quantized to 2e2=h. Both quantized and self-averaged transport show resilience to magnetic fields, and are temperature independent for temperatures between 20 mK and 1 K.

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Knez, Ivan, Rettner, Charles T., Yang, See-Hun, et al.. "Observation of Edge Transport in the Disordered Regime of Topologically Insulating InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells." Physical Review Letters, 112, no. 2 (2014) American Physical Society: 26602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.026602.

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