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量子自旋Hall相的拓扑Dirac绝缘体:第一强拓扑绝缘体的实验观察

A topological Dirac insulator in a quantum spin Hall phase : Experimental observation of first strong topological insulator

D. Hsieh, D. Qian, L. Wray, Y. Xia, Y. S. Hor, R. J. Cava, M. Z. Hasan

摘要:

当电子受到大的外部磁场时,传统的电荷量子霍尔效应\cite{Klitzing,Tsui}指示在样品体中产生电子激发间隙,但在边界处允许金属传导。最近的理论模型表明,某些大的自旋轨道相互作用的大块绝缘体也可能自然地支持极端量子极限下的导电拓扑边界态,这为研究零外部磁场中的不寻常量子霍尔现象开辟了可能性。大块的Bi $_{1-x}$ Sb $_x$单晶有望成为一种被称为拓扑绝缘体的不寻常的霍尔相物质的主要候选者。拓扑绝缘体的标志是金属表面态的存在,这些表面态是表征自旋霍尔绝缘体的边缘态的更高维度类似物。除了其有趣的边界状态,大部分的Bi $_{1-x}$ Sb $_x$被预测表现出三维狄拉克粒子,另一个主题的提高当前的兴趣。在这里,使用入射光子能量调制(IPEM-ARPES),我们报告的第一次直接观察大量狄拉克粒子的大部分Bi $_{0.9}$ Sb $_{0.1}$,定位在样品的边界处的Kramers点,并提供拓扑狄拉克绝缘体的无隙表面模式的全面映射。这些研究结果一起表明,所观察到的表面状态的边界上的散装绝缘体是一个实现了寻求异国情调的“拓扑金属”。他们还认为这种材料在开发下一代量子计算设备方面具有潜在的应用。

英文摘要:

When electrons are subject to a large external magnetic field, the conventional charge quantum Hall effect \cite{Klitzing,Tsui} dictates that an electronic excitation gap is generated in the sample bulk, but metallic conduction is permitted at the boundary. Recent theoretical models suggest that certain bulk insulators with large spin-orbit interactions may also naturally support conducting topological boundary states in the extreme quantum limit, which opens up the possibility for studying unusual quantum Hall-like phenomena in zero external magnetic field. Bulk Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_x$ single crystals are expected to be prime candidates for one such unusual Hall phase of matter known as the topological insulator. The hallmark of a topological insulator is the existence of metallic surface states that are higher dimensional analogues of the edge states that characterize a spin Hall insulator. In addition to its interesting boundary states, the bulk of Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_x$ is predicted to exhibit three-dimensional Dirac particles, another topic of heightened current interest. Here, using incident-photon-energy-modulated (IPEM-ARPES), we report the first direct observation of massive Dirac particles in the bulk of Bi$_{0.9}$Sb$_{0.1}$, locate the Kramers' points at the sample's boundary and provide a comprehensive mapping of the topological Dirac insulator's gapless surface modes. These findings taken together suggest that the observed surface state on the boundary of the bulk insulator is a realization of the much sought exotic "topological metal". They also suggest that this material has potential application in developing next-generation quantum computing devices.

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