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二维拓扑绝缘体中对称性决定的晶界态

Symmetry dictated grain boundary state in a two-dimensional topological insulator

Hyo Won Kim, Seoung-Hun Kang, Hyun-Jung Kim, Kisung Chae, Suyeon Cho, Wonhee Ko, Se Hwang Kang, Heejun Yang, Sung Wng Kim, Seongjun Park, Sung Woo Hwang, Young-… 展开作者

Hyo Won Kim, Seoung-Hun Kang, Hyun-Jung Kim, Kisung Chae, Suyeon Cho, Wonhee Ko, Se Hwang Kang, Heejun Yang, Sung Wng Kim, Seongjun Park, Sung Woo Hwang, Young-Kyun Kwon, Young-Woo Son

摘要:

结构缺陷,如晶界(GB)和位错是普遍存在于固体中,并已在理解多晶体的性质的核心重要性。拓扑绝缘体(TI)的出现,除了它们的经典作用,提供了一个机会,实现不同的拓扑状态绑定到他们。尽管三维TI内的位错是寻找的主要候选者之一,但其直接检测和表征是具有挑战性的。相反,在二维(2D)TI中,它们的创建和测量更容易,而且,在GB或位错处的拓扑状态与它们的晶格对称性密切相关。然而,这种作用的晶体对称性的GB在2D TI尚未明确测量。在这里,我们提出了第一个直接的证据,对称性强制狄拉克型金属态沿GB在1 T '-MoTe $_2$,一个原型的二维TI。利用扫描隧道显微镜,我们显示了一个金属状态沿晶界与非对称晶格对称性和它的缺席沿其他边界与对称之一。我们的大尺度原子模拟结果表明,前者的带隙内态是沙漏状的半金属线态,而后者的带隙是开放的,很好地解释了我们的观察结果。这里展示的与其晶体对称性紧密相关的受保护的金属状态可以用于在绝缘体内创建稳定的金属纳米线。

英文摘要:

Structural imperfections such as grain boundaries (GBs) and dislocations are ubiquitous in solids and have been of central importance in understanding nature of polycrystals. In addition to their classical roles, advent of topological insulators (TIs) offers a chance to realize distinct topological states bound to them. Although dislocation inside three-dimensional TIs is one of the prime candidates to look for, its direct detection and characterization are challenging. Instead, in two-dimensional (2D) TIs, their creations and measurements are easier and, moreover, topological states at the GBs or dislocations intimately connect to their lattice symmetry. However, such roles of crystalline symmetries of GBs in 2D TIs have not been clearly measured yet. Here, we present the first direct evidence of a symmetry enforced Dirac type metallic state along a GB in 1T'-MoTe$_2$, a prototypical 2D TI. Using scanning tunneling microscope, we show a metallic state along a grain boundary with non-symmorphic lattice symmetry and its absence along the other boundary with symmorphic one. Our large scale atomistic simulations demonstrate hourglass like nodal-line semimetallic in-gap states for the former while the gap-opening for the latter, explaining our observation very well. The protected metallic state tightly linked to its crystal symmetry demonstrated here can be used to create stable metallic nanowire inside an insulator.

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