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拓扑不成对自旋极化Dirac费米子的量子成像

Quantum Imaging of Topologically Unpaired Spin-Polarized Dirac Fermions

Kenjiro K. Gomes, Wonhee Ko, Warren Mar, Yulin Chen, Zhi-Xun Shen, Hari C. Manoharan

摘要:

相对论性粒子的运动通过狄拉克方程与其自旋联系起来。值得注意的是,二维材料中的电子可以模仿这种狄拉克粒子,但必须总是成对出现相反的自旋手征。利用手性边界电子包裹的三维晶体调谐自旋轨道耦合的拓扑思想,我们表明,难以捉摸的不成对狄拉克费米子存在于一个拓扑绝缘体的母矩阵,纯锑的表面。使用扫描隧道显微镜和角分辨光电子能谱,我们图像这些粒子之间的相干量子干涉,映射其螺旋自旋纹理,并最终观察到一个单一的狄拉克费米子的过渡区分通过贝里相位干涉的背散射抑制。这些独特的自旋极化载流子的强大动力学设想了未来在自旋电子学和拓扑量子计算中的应用。

英文摘要:

The motion of a relativistic particle is linked to its spin by the Dirac equation. Remarkably, electrons in two-dimensional materials can mimic such Dirac particles but must always appear in pairs of opposite spin chirality. Using topological ideas of chiral boundary electrons wrapping a three-dimensional crystal with tuned spin-orbit coupling, we show that elusive unpaired Dirac fermions exist on the surface of a topological insulator parent matrix, pure antimony. Using scanning tunneling microscopy and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we image coherent quantum interference between these particles, map their helical spin texture, and ultimately observe a transition to a single Dirac fermion distinguished by backscattering suppression via Berry phase interference. The robust dynamics of these unique spin-polarized carriers envisage future applications in spintronics and topological quantum computation.

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