Scattering from bulk material with topologically insulating surface states

Authors: Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Tom G. Mackay

Source: FERMAT, Volume 21, Communications 12, May-Jun., 2017


Abstract: A homogeneous, linear, bianisotropic material that occupies a bounded region V-in, and whose surface S is charge-neutral and current-neutral, was considered. Analysis of the frequency domain Maxwell postulates revealed that the axionic piece vanishes from both the partial differential equations valid throughout V-in and the boundary conditions on S. Thus, the Post constraint is reaffirmed. Also, scattering studies revealed that whatever scattering effect may be attributed to the axionic piece can instead be attributed to a surface admittance parameter quantitating topologically insulating surface states.

Index Terms: anionic piece, depolarization, surface admittance, surface state, topological insulator


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Scattering from bulk material with topologically insulating surface states