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Spin-polarized (001) surface states of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.73Sn0.27Se

Wojek, B. M. ; Buczko, R. ; Safaei, S. ; Dziawa, P. ; Kowalski, B. J. ; Berntsen, M. H. ; Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian LU ; Leandersson, Mats LU ; Szczerbakow, A. and Kacman, P. , et al. (2013) In Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) 87(11).
Abstract
We study the nature of (001) surface states in Pb0.73Sn0.27Se in the newly discovered topological-crystalline-insulator (TCI) phase as well as the corresponding topologically trivial state above the band-gap-inversion temperature. Our calculations predict not only metallic surface states with a nontrivial chiral spin structure for the TCI case, but also nonmetallic (gapped) surface states with nonzero spin polarization when the system is a normal insulator. For both phases, angle- and spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy measurements provide conclusive evidence for the formation of these (001) surface states in Pb0.73Sn0.27Se, as well as for their chiral spin structure. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115106
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Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
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1098-0121
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10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115106
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  abstract     = {{We study the nature of (001) surface states in Pb0.73Sn0.27Se in the newly discovered topological-crystalline-insulator (TCI) phase as well as the corresponding topologically trivial state above the band-gap-inversion temperature. Our calculations predict not only metallic surface states with a nontrivial chiral spin structure for the TCI case, but also nonmetallic (gapped) surface states with nonzero spin polarization when the system is a normal insulator. For both phases, angle- and spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy measurements provide conclusive evidence for the formation of these (001) surface states in Pb0.73Sn0.27Se, as well as for their chiral spin structure. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115106}},
  author       = {{Wojek, B. M. and Buczko, R. and Safaei, S. and Dziawa, P. and Kowalski, B. J. and Berntsen, M. H. and Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian and Leandersson, Mats and Szczerbakow, A. and Kacman, P. and Story, T. and Tjernberg, O.}},
  issn         = {{1098-0121}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)}},
  title        = {{Spin-polarized (001) surface states of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.73Sn0.27Se}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115106}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115106}},
  volume       = {{87}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}