Quantum anomalous Hall effect
effect in quantum mechanics where conductivity acquires quantized values
Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is the "quantum" version of the anomalous Hall effect. While the anomalous Hall effect requires a combination of magnetic polarization and spin-orbit coupling to generate a finite Hall voltage even in the absence of an external magnetic field (hence called "anomalous"), the quantum anomalous Hall effect is its quantized version. The Hall conductivity acquires quantized values proportional to integer multiples of the von Klitzing constant (
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The effect was observed experimentally for the first time in 2013 by a team led by Xue Qikun at Tsinghua University.
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