Disorder effects in topological states: Brief review of the recent developments

Wu Binglan¹, Song Juntao², Zhou Jiaojiao¹, Jiang Hua^{1, †,}

The conductance G ((a) and (b)) and renormalized topological mass M ((c) and (d)) versus disorder strength W and Fermi energy ε_F for the HgTe/CdTe model with M = 1 meV. Here, σ₀ and σ_x correspond to Anderson disorder and bond disorder, respectively. Adapted from Ref. [70].