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arXiv 1303.7119cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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拓扑晶体绝缘体(Pb,Sn)Te表面态及其自旋极化

The topological-crystalline-insulator (Pb,Sn)Te - surface states and their spin-polarization

S. Safaei, P. Kacman, R. Buczko

摘要:

采用紧束缚方法,我们从理论上研究了Pb0.4Sn0.6Te -新发现的拓扑晶体绝缘体的表面态的性质。除了以前研究的(001)表面态外,还考虑了另外两个表面族,{011}和{111},其中晶体岩盐结构的镜像对称性在拓扑保护中起着同样的作用。计算结果表明,(Pb,Sn)Te的(111)表面态应出现4个单拓扑保护的Dirac锥,而(110)表面态的保护被解除了2个L点.在这种情况下,由于两个L谷之间的相互作用,而不是狄拉克点能隙出现在表面态中。在所有研究的情况下,获得手征自旋织构。

英文摘要:

Using a tight-binding approach we study theoretically the nature of surface states in Pb0.4Sn0.6Te - the newly discovered topological-crystalline-insulator. Apart from the studied before (001) surface states, two other surface families, {011} and {111}, in which the mirror symmetry of the crystal's rock-salt structure plays the same role in topological protection, are considered. Our calculations show that while in (111) surface states of (Pb,Sn)Te four single topologically protected Dirac-cones should appear, for the (110) surface states the protection is lifted for two L points. In this case, instead of the Dirac points energy gaps occur in the surface states, due to the interaction between the two L valleys. In all studied cases a chiral spin texture is obtained.

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