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拓扑晶体绝缘体中轨道效应与纳米级应变的相互作用

Interplay of orbital effects and nanoscale strain in topological crystalline insulators

Daniel Walkup, Badih Assaf, Kane L Scipioni, R. Sankar, Fangcheng Chou, Guoqing Chang, Hsin Lin, Ilija Zeljkovic, Vidya Madhavan

摘要:

轨道自由度对固体中电子的基本性质有显著的影响。除了影响带宽、带隙、相关强度和色散之外,轨道效应还涉及产生新的电子和结构相,例如Jahn-Teller效应和巨磁阻。在这项工作中,我们第一次展示了带的轨道性质如何导致非平凡的影响,应变的能带结构。利用扫描隧道显微镜和准粒子干涉成像技术研究了应变对拓扑晶体绝缘体SnTe异质外延薄膜电子结构的影响。我们发现了一个令人惊讶的效果,其中在一个方向上施加的应变影响垂直方向上的能带结构。我们的理论计算表明,这种效应直接来自导带和价带的轨道性质。我们的研究结果意味着,微观模型捕捉应变对能带结构的影响,必须包括考虑的轨道性质的频带。

英文摘要:

Orbital degrees of freedom can have pronounced effects on the fundamental properties of electrons in solids. In addition to influencing bandwidths, gaps, correlation strength and dispersion, orbital effects have also been implicated in generating novel electronic and structural phases, such as Jahn-Teller effect and colossal magnetoresistance. In this work, we show for the first time how the orbital nature of bands can result in non-trivial effects of strain on the band structure. We use scanning tunneling microscopy and quasiparticle interference imaging to study the effects of strain on the electronic structure of a heteroepitaxial thin film of a topological crystalline insulator, SnTe. We find a surprising effect where strain applied in one direction affects the band structure in the perpendicular direction. Our theoretical calculations indicate that this effect directly arises from the orbital nature of the conduction and valance bands. Our results imply that a microscopic model capturing strain effects on the band structure must include a consideration of the orbital nature of the bands.

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