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Sb $_2$ Te $_3$ - GeTe多层膜的拓扑状态和相变

Topological states and phase transitions in Sb$_2$Te$_3$-GeTe multilayers

Thuy-Anh Nguyen, Dirk Backes, Angadjit Singh, Rhodri Mansell, Crispin Barnes, David A. Ritchie, Gregor Mussler, Martin Lanius, Detlev Grützmacher, Vijay Narayan

摘要:

拓扑绝缘体(TI)是具有奇异的“拓扑保护”表面导电模式的块状绝缘体。最近有人指出,当堆叠在一起时,表面模式之间的相互作用可以诱导不同的相,包括TI,狄拉克半金属和Weyl半金属。然而,目前缺乏对拓扑模式相互作用的条件的充分实验理解。在这里,与TI Sb $_2$ Te $_3$和能带绝缘体GeTe的多层工作,我们提供了实验证据的多个拓扑模式在一个单一的Sb $_2$ Te $_3$ -GeTe-Sb $_2$ Te $_3$结构。此外,我们表明,减少GeTe层的厚度诱导从Dirac相到带隙相的相变。通过比较不同的多层结构,我们表明,这种转变发生由于与不同的TI膜的状态的杂化。我们的研究结果表明,Sb $_2$ Te $_3$ -GeTe系统提供了强大的潜力,操纵拓扑状态,以及对可控诱导各种拓扑相。

英文摘要:

Topological insulators (TIs) are bulk insulators with exotic 'topologically protected' surface conducting modes. It has recently been pointed out that when stacked together, interactions between surface modes can induce diverse phases including the TI, Dirac semimetal, and Weyl semimetal. However, currently a full experimental understanding of the conditions under which topological modes interact is lacking. Here, working with multilayers of the TI Sb$_2$Te$_3$ and the band insulator GeTe, we provide experimental evidence of a multiple topological modes in a single Sb$_2$Te$_3$-GeTe-Sb$_2$Te$_3$ structure. Furthermore, we show that reducing the thickness of the GeTe layer induces a phase transition from a Dirac-like phase to a gapped phase. By comparing different multilayer structures we demonstrate that this transition occurs due to the hybridisation of states associated with different TI films. Our results demonstrate that the Sb$_2$Te$_3$-GeTe system offers strong potential towards manipulating topological states as well as towards controlledly inducing various topological phases.

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