The usefulness of restrictions for variational ground state lower bounds of a simple quantum spin lattice

1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 907-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel H. Sebold ◽  
J.K. Percus
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Quantum Spin ◽  
Spin Lattice ◽  
Simple Quantum

scholarly journals Electrically tunable low-density superconductivity in a monolayer topological insulator

Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (6417) ◽  
pp. 926-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valla Fatemi ◽  
Sanfeng Wu ◽  
Yuan Cao ◽  
Landry Bretheau ◽  
Quinn D. Gibson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground State ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Quantum Spin ◽  
Topological Phases ◽  
Critical Temperatures ◽  
Topological States ◽  
Effect Transistor ◽  
Topological Phases Of Matter

Turning on superconductivity in a topologically nontrivial insulator may provide a route to search for non-Abelian topological states. However, existing demonstrations of superconductor-insulator switches have involved only topologically trivial systems. Here we report reversible, in situ electrostatic on-off switching of superconductivity in the recently established quantum spin Hall insulator monolayer tungsten ditelluride (WTe2). Fabricated into a van der Waals field-effect transistor, the monolayer’s ground state can be continuously gate-tuned from the topological insulating to the superconducting state, with critical temperaturesTcup to ~1 kelvin. Our results establish monolayer WTe2as a material platform for engineering nanodevices that combine superconducting and topological phases of matter.

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