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Local Magnetic Suppression of Topological Surface States in Bi2Te3 Nanowires

Gooth, Johannes ; Zierold, Robert ; Sergelius, Philip ; Hamdou, Bacel ; Garcia, Javier ; Damm, Christine ; Rellinghaus, Bernd ; Pettersson, Hakan Jan ; Pertsova, Anna and Canali, Carlo LU , et al. (2016) In ACS Nano 10(7). p.7180-7188
Abstract

Locally induced, magnetic order on the surface of a topological insulator nanowire could enable room-temperature topological quantum devices. Here we report on the realization of selective magnetic control over topological surface states on a single facet of a rectangular Bi2Te3 nanowire via a magnetic insulating Fe3O4 substrate. Low-temperature magnetotransport studies provide evidence for local time-reversal symmetry breaking and for enhanced gapping of the interfacial 1D energy spectrum by perpendicular magnetic-field components, leaving the remaining nanowire facets unaffected. Our results open up great opportunities for development of dissipation-less electronics and spintronics.

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1D confinement, magnetism, nanowire, surface, topological insulator
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ACS Nano
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10
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7
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9 pages
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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  • scopus:84979873036
  • wos:000380576600085
  • pmid:27351276
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1936-0851
DOI
10.1021/acsnano.6b03537
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English
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  author       = {{Gooth, Johannes and Zierold, Robert and Sergelius, Philip and Hamdou, Bacel and Garcia, Javier and Damm, Christine and Rellinghaus, Bernd and Pettersson, Hakan Jan and Pertsova, Anna and Canali, Carlo and Borg, Mattias and Nielsch, Kornelius}},
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  keywords     = {{1D confinement; magnetism; nanowire; surface; topological insulator}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{07}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{7180--7188}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{ACS Nano}},
  title        = {{Local Magnetic Suppression of Topological Surface States in Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> Nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b03537}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acsnano.6b03537}},
  volume       = {{10}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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