Theoretical and experimental study of topological invariants in topological crystalline insulators

The topological crystalline Insulators (TCI) are topological materials with metallic surface states protected by a symmetry given by the crystalline structure, and not by the Time reversal one as in the usual topological insulators. These insulators, whose band structures are classified by new topol...

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Autor: Calderón García, Juan Sebastián
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/44331
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/1992/44331
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aislantes topológicos - Propiedades físicas - Investigaciones
Física del estado sólido - Investigaciones
Superconductores - Investigaciones
Dieléctricos - Investigaciones
Física
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Sumario:The topological crystalline Insulators (TCI) are topological materials with metallic surface states protected by a symmetry given by the crystalline structure, and not by the Time reversal one as in the usual topological insulators. These insulators, whose band structures are classified by new topological invariants, are the counterpart of the topological insulators but without the spin-orbit coupling being the principal aspect. In this work, a theoretical study on the present topological invariants is shown by means of experimental measurements in monocrystals of (Pb1-xSnx)Te which are grown for this project. Particularly, it is desired to understand the evolution with magnetic field of the Landau energy levels of this kind of topological insulators.