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We study the influences of antidot-induced bound states on transport properties of two- dimensional quantum spin Hall insulators. The bound statesare found able to induce quantum percolation in the originally insulating bulk. At some critical antidot densities, the quantum spin Hall phase can be completely destroyed due to the maximum quantum percolation. For systems with periodic boundaries, the maximum quantum percolationbetween the bound states creates intermediate extended states in the bulk which is originally gapped and insulating. The antidot in- duced bound states plays the same role as the magnetic field inthe quantum Hall effect, both makes electrons go into cyclotron motions. We also draw an analogy between the quantum percolation phenomena in this system and that in the network models of quantum Hall effect.
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Topological aspects of superconductivity in quantum spin-Hall systems (QSHSs) such as thin layers of three-dimensional topological insulators (3D Tis) or two-dimensional Tis are in the focus of current research. We examine hybrid QSHS/superconductor structures in an external magnetic field and predict a gapless superconducting state with protected edge modes. It originates entirely from the orbital magnetic-field effect caused by the locking of the electron spin to the momentum of the superconducting condensate flow. We show that such spin-momentum locking can generate a giant orbital g-factor of order of several hundreds, allowing one to achieve significant spin polarization in the QSHS in the fields well below the critical field of the superconducting material. We propose a three-terminal setup in which the spin-polarized edge superconductivity can be probed by Andreev reflection, leading to unusual transport characteristics: a non-monotonic excess current and a zero-bias conductance splitting in the absence of the Zeeman interaction.
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