List of Publications

[18] A. Kłosiński, W. Brzezicki, A. Lau, C. E. Agrapidis, A. M. Oleś, J. van Wezel, and K. Wohlfeld,
Topology of chalcogen chains,
Physical Review B 107, 125123 (2023), arXiv:2212.04299

[17] R. Islam, S. Mardanya, A. Lau, G. Cuono, T.-R. Chang, B. Singh, C. M. Canali, T. Dietl, and C. Autieri,
Engineering axion insulator and other topological phases in superlattices with inversion symmetry breaking,
Physical Review B 107, 125102 (2023), arXiv:2211.05152

[16] A. S. Ciepielewski, J. Tworzydło, T. Hyart, and A. Lau,
Transport signatures of van Hove singularities in mesoscopic twisted bilayer graphene,
Physical Review Research 4, 043145 (2022), arXiv:2208.08366

[15] A. Lau, S. Peotta, D. I. Pikulin, E. Rossi, and T. Hyart,
Universal suppression of superfluid weight by non-magnetic disorder in s-wave superconductors independent of quantum geometry and band dispersion,
SciPost Physics 13, 086 (2022), arXiv:2203.01058

[14] R. Islam, B. Ghosh, G. Cuono, A. Lau, W. Brzezicki, A. Bansil, A. Agarwal, B. Singh, T. Dietl, and C. Autieri,
Topological states in superlattices of HgTe class of materials for engineering three-dimensional flat bands,
Physical Review Research 4, 023114 (2022), arXiv:2112.15548

[13] A. Lau, T. Hyart, C. Autieri, A. Chen, and D. I. Pikulin,
Designing three-dimensional flat bands in nodal-line semimetals,
Physical Review X 11, 031017 (2021), arXiv:2008.09122

[12] M. Geier, I. C. Fulga, and A. Lau,
Bulk-boundary-defect correspondence at disclinations in rotation-symmetric topological insulators and superconductors,
SciPost Physics 10, 092 (2021), arXiv:2007.13781

[11] D. Varjas, A. Lau, K. Pöyhönen, A. R. Akhmerov, D. I. Pikulin, and I. C. Fulga,
Topological phases without crystalline counterparts,
Physical Review Letters 123, 196401 (2019), arXiv:1904.07242

[10] A. Lau, R. Ray, D. Varjas, and A. R. Akhmerov
The influence of lattice termination on the edge states of the quantum spin Hall insulator monolayer 1T’-WTe2,
Physical Review Materials 3, 054206 (2019), arXiv:1812.05693 

[9] A. Lau and C. Ortix,
Topological semimetals in the SnTe material class: Nodal lines and Weyl points,
Physical Review Letters 122, 186801 (2019), arXiv:1804.09574 

[8] A. Lau and C. Ortix,
Novel topological insulators from crystalline symmetries,
European Physical Journal Special Topics 227, 1309 (2018), arXiv:1810.12877

[7] A. Lau and C. Ortix,
Synthesizing Weyl semimetals in weak topological insulator and topological crystalline insulator multilayers,
Physical Review B 96, 081411(R) (2017), arXiv:1705.08692

[6] A. Lau, K. Koepernik, J. van den Brink, and C. Ortix,
Generic Coexistence of Fermi Arcs and Dirac Cones on the Surface of Time-Reversal Invariant Weyl Semimetals,
Physical Review Letters 119, 076801 (2017), arXiv:1701.01660

[5] A. Lau, J. van den Brink, and C. Ortix,
Topological mirror insulators in one dimension,
Physical Review B 94, 165164 (2016), arXiv:1604.02427

[4] A. Lau, C. Ortix, and J. van den Brink,
Topological edge states with zero Hall conductivity in a dimerized Hofstadter model,
Physical Review Letters 115, 216805 (2015), arXiv:1510.08651

[3] A. Lau, C. Ortix, and J. van den Brink,
One-dimensional Dirac electrons on the surface of weak topological insulators,
Physical Review B 91, 085106 (2015), arXiv:1410.4440 

[2] A. Lau and C. Timm,
Topological surface states and Andreev bound states in superconducting iron pnictides,
Physical Review B 90, 024517 (2014), arXiv:1405.1632

[1] A. Lau and C. Timm,
Topological surface states in paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic iron pnictides,
Physical Review B 88, 165402 (2013), arXiv:1305.1770

 PhD thesis

Alexander Lau,
Symmetry-enriched topological states of matter in insulators and semimetals,
TU Dresden (2018)

Diplom thesis (Master's)

Alexander Lau,
Topological surface states in paramagnetic, antiferromagnetic and superconducting iron pnictides,
TU Dresden (2013)