Abstract
We show that disorder, when sufficiently strong, can transform an ordinary metal with strong spin-orbit coupling into a strong topological “Anderson” insulator, a new topological phase of quantum matter in three dimensions characterized by disordered insulating bulk and topologically protected conducting surface states.
- Received 1 August 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216601
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