Complex band structure of topologically protected edge states
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Xiaoqian Dang,1 J. D. Burton,1,* Alan Kalitsov,2 Julian P. Velev,1,2 and Evgeny Y. Tsymbal1,† 1Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, USA 2Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, USA (Received 5 September 2014; revised manuscript received 22 September 2014; published 14 October 2014)
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