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拓扑表面态时间反转对称性检测的建议

Proposed Detection of Time Reversal Symmetry in Topological Surface States

Degang Zhang, C. S. Ting

摘要:

利用T矩阵方法,研究了三维拓扑绝缘体表面的时间反演对称性,并讨论了该杂质的性质。结果表明,在不同的偏压下,单杂质周围的局域态密度(LDOS)图像具有六重对称性的凹陷-驼峰结构。峰值是由准粒子干涉产生的,而后向散射波矢量处的局部极小值是由于没有后向散射。随着偏置电压的增加,峰和谷向前移动到杂质的位置。LDOS光谱中反向散射波矢量的这些下降可以被视为拓扑表面态时间反转对称性的特征,可以通过扫描隧道显微镜观察到。

英文摘要:

By employing T-matrix approach, we investigate a nonmagnetic impurity located on the surface of three-dimensional topological insulators, where the time reversal symmetry is preserved. It is shown that the images of the local density of states (LDOS) around the single impurity have the dip-hump structures with six-fold symmetry at different bias voltages. The peaks are produced by quasiparticle interference while the local minima at the backscattering wave vectors are due to the absence of backscatterings. With increasing the bias voltage, the peaks and dips move forward to the location of the impurity. These dips at the backscattering wave vectors in the LDOS spectra can be regarded as a signature of the time reversal symmetry in the topological surface states, which could be observed by scanning tunneling microscopy.

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