Xian Yang

Mrs. Xian Yang


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 June 2021 in Nature Materials
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YJYu-Xiao Jiang
Yu-Xiao Jiang
Jia-Xin YinJia-Xin Yin
Jia-Xin Yin
MDM. Michael Denner
M. Michael Denner
NSNana Shumiya
Nana Shumiya
BOBrenden R. Ortiz
Brenden R. Ortiz
MHM. Zahid Hasan
M. Zahid Hasan

14 July 2022 in Nature Materials
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NSNana Shumiya
Nana Shumiya
SHShafayat Hossain
Shafayat Hossain
Jia-Xin YinJia-Xin Yin
Jia-Xin Yin
Zhiwei WangZhiwei Wang
Zhiwei Wang
MLMaksim Litskevich
Maksim Litskevich
MHM. Zahid Hasan
M. Zahid Hasan

4 September 2020 in Nature Communications
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Jia-Xin YinJia-Xin Yin
Jia-Xin Yin
NSNana Shumiya
Nana Shumiya
YJYuxiao Jiang
Yuxiao Jiang
HZHuibin Zhou
Huibin Zhou
GMGennevieve Macam
Gennevieve Macam
MHM. Zahid Hasan
M. Zahid Hasan
Quantum states induced by single-atomic impurities are at the frontier of physics and material science. While such states have been reported in high-temperature superconductors and dilute magnetic semiconductors, they are unexplored in topological magnets which can feature spin-orbit tunability. Here we use spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) to study the engineered quantum impurity in a topological magnet Co3Sn2S2. We find that each substituted In impurity introduces a striking localized bound state. Our systematic magnetization-polarized probe reveals that this bound state is spin-down polarized, in lock with a negative orbital magnetization. Moreover, the magnetic bound states of neighboring impurities interact to form quantized orbitals, exhibiting an intriguing spin-orbit splitting, analogous to the splitting of the topological fermion line. Our work collectively demonstrates the strong spin-orbit effect of the single-atomic impurity at the quantum level, suggesting that a nonmagnetic impurity can introduce spin-orbit coupled magnetic resonance in topological magnets.

25 January 2023 in Physical Review Letters
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XYXian Yang
Xian Yang
YZYigui Zhong
Yigui Zhong
SMSougata Mardanya
Sougata Mardanya
TCTyler A. Cochran
Tyler A. Cochran
RCRamakanta Chapai
Ramakanta Chapai
MHM. Zahid Hasan
M. Zahid Hasan
The interplay of nontrivial topology and superconductivity in condensed matter physics gives rise to exotic phenomena. However, materials are extremely rare where it is possible to explore the full details of the superconducting pairing. Here, we investigate the momentum dependence of the superconducting gap distribution in a novel Dirac material PdTe. Using high resolution, low temperature photoemission spectroscopy, we establish it as a spin-orbit coupled Dirac semimetal with the topological Fermi arc crossing the Fermi level on the (010) surface. This spin-textured surface state exhibits a fully gapped superconducting Cooper pairing structure below Tc∼4.5  K. Moreover, we find a node in the bulk near the Brillouin zone boundary, away from the topological Fermi arc. These observations not only demonstrate the band resolved electronic correlation between topological Fermi arc states and the way it induces Cooper pairing in PdTe, but also provide a rare case where surface and bulk states host a coexistence of nodeless and nodal gap structures enforced by spin-orbit coupling.

10 April 2024 in Nature
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SHShafayat Hossain
Shafayat Hossain
FSFrank Schindler
Frank Schindler
RIRajibul Islam
Rajibul Islam
ZAHIR MUHAMMADZAHIR MUHAMMAD
ZAHIR MUHAMMAD
YJYuxiao Jiang
Yuxiao Jiang
MHM. Zahid Hasan
M. Zahid Hasan

27 April 2022 in Nature
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IBIlya Belopolski
Ilya Belopolski
GCGuoqing Chang
Guoqing Chang
TCTyler A. Cochran
Tyler A. Cochran
ZCZi-Jia Cheng
Zi-Jia Cheng
XYXian Yang
Xian Yang
MHM. Zahid Hasan
M. Zahid Hasan