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\textbf{Time reversal invariant topological insulator:} Now we turned our discussion into another type of topological insulator, this kind of system respects the time reversal symmetry. First, we see some characteristics of time reversal operator, $T$. "$T$" is an antiunitary operator, which means it can represented by a unitary operator and a complex conjugation operator. To be more specific, its action is transforming $\hat{x}\rightarrow\hat{x} and $\hat{x}\rightarrow\hat{x}$and$  \hat{p}\rightarrow-\hat{p}$ It can be shown that $T^2=\pm1$. Due to this unique property of $T$ operator, there comes the Kramer's theorem. It states that for every