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拓扑绝缘体Bi $_2$ Se $_3$表面态的反常有限尺寸效应

Anomalous Finite Size Effects on Surface States in the Topological Insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$

Jacob Linder, Takehito Yokoyama, Asle Sudbø

摘要:

我们研究了强拓扑绝缘体Bi $_2$ Se $_3$的表面态如何受到有限尺寸效应的影响,并将我们的结果与最近得到的二维拓扑绝缘体HgTe的结果进行了比较.我们证明了两个重要的区别:\textit{(i)}与HgTe相反,Bi $_2$ Se $_3$中的表面态显示出显著的稳健性,其朝向将宽度$L$减小到几nm,从而确保拓扑表面态保持完整,和\textit{(ii)},由于表面态的杂化而产生的带隙以作为Bi中的$L$的函数的振荡指数衰减为特征$_2$ Se $_3$,对比HgTe。我们的研究结果表明,Bi $_2$ Se $_3$适合于量子计算或自旋电子学中的纳米级应用。此外,我们提出了一种方法来实验检测这两个预测的影响。

英文摘要:

We study how the surface states in the strong topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ are influenced by finite size effects, and compare our results with those recently obtained for 2D topological insulator HgTe. We demonstrate two important distinctions: \textit{(i)} contrary to HgTe, the surface-states in Bi$_2$Se$_3$ display a remarkable robustness towards decreasing the width $L$ down to a few nm, thus ensuring that the topological surface states remain intact, and \textit{(ii)} the gapping due to the hybridization of the surface states features an oscillating exponential decay as a function of $L$ in Bi$_2$Se$_3$ in sharp contrast to HgTe. Our findings suggest that Bi$_2$Se$_3$ is suitable for nanoscale applications in quantum computing or spintronics. Also, we propose a way to experimentally detect both of the predicted effects.

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