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Enhanced protected topological states

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Ames Laboratory scientists took a paradoxical approach, called dynamic stabilization, by applying a terahertz electric field to drive periodic lattice oscillations in a model topological insulator. These additional fluctuations actually enhanced protected topological states.

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U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory

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