A sudden collapse in the transport lifetime across the topological phase transition in $(B{i}_{1-x}I{n}_x{)}_{2}S{e}_3$

Liang Wu, M. Brahlek, R. Valdés Aguilar +7

Topological insulators (TIs) are newly discovered states of matter with robust metallic surface states protected by the topological properties of the bulk wavefunctions. A quantum…