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arXiv 2004.09123cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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掺杂磁性拓扑绝缘体大表面能隙的光谱实现

Spectroscopic realization of large surface gap in a doped magnetic topological insulator

Xiao-Ming Ma, Yufei Zhao, Ke Zhang, Rui'e Lu, Jiayu Li, Qiushi Yao, Jifeng Shao, Xuefeng Wu, Meng Zeng, Yu-Jie Hao, Shiv Kumar, Zhanyang Hao, Yuan Wang, Xiang-R… 展开作者

Xiao-Ming Ma, Yufei Zhao, Ke Zhang, Rui'e Lu, Jiayu Li, Qiushi Yao, Jifeng Shao, Xuefeng Wu, Meng Zeng, Yu-Jie Hao, Shiv Kumar, Zhanyang Hao, Yuan Wang, Xiang-Rui Liu, Huiwen Shen, Hongyi Sun, Jiawei Mei, Koji Miyamoto, Taichi Okuda, Masashi Arita, Eike F. Schwier, Kenya Shimada, Ke Deng, Cai Liu, Yue Zhao, Chaoyu Chen, Qihang Liu, Chang Liu

摘要:

拓扑材料中量子反常霍尔效应和轴子电动力学的实现是凝聚态物理中的典型现象。最近,在MnBi $_2$ Te $_4$(一种化学计量的反铁磁拓扑绝缘体)薄膜中观察到这两种相的特征。在轴子绝缘体中的体拓扑磁电响应的直接证据需要在其拓扑表面态(TSS)的能隙。然而,独立的光谱实验表明,这样的表面间隙是不存在的,或比以前认为的小得多,在MnBi $_2$ Te $_4$。在这里,我们利用角分辨光电子能谱和密度泛函理论计算表明,一个相当大的TSS间隙出乎意料地存在于Sb掺杂的MnBi $_2$ Te $_4$。这个能隙是拓扑非平凡的,对体反铁磁-顺磁跃迁不敏感,而随着Sb浓度的增加而增大。我们的工作表明Mn(Bi $_{1-x}$ Sb $_x$)$_2$ Te $_4$是一个潜在的平台,可以用来观察高温轴子绝缘体态的关键特性,如拓扑磁电响应和半整数量子霍尔效应。

英文摘要:

Realization of the quantum anomalous Hall effect and axion electrodynamics in topological materials are among the paradigmatic phenomena in condensed matter physics. Recently, signatures of both phases are observed to exist in thin films of MnBi$_2$Te$_4$, a stoichiometric antiferromagnetic topological insulator. Direct evidence of the bulk topological magnetoelectric response in an axion insulator requires an energy gap at its topological surface state (TSS). However, independent spectroscopic experiments revealed that such a surface gap is absent, or much smaller than previously thought, in MnBi$_2$Te$_4$. Here, we utilize angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations to demonstrate that a sizable TSS gap unexpectedly exists in Sb-doped MnBi$_2$Te$_4$. This gap is found to be topologically nontrivial, insensitive to the bulk antiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition, while enlarges along with increasing Sb concentration. Our work shows that Mn(Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_x$)$_2$Te$_4$ is a potential platform to observe the key features of the high-temperature axion insulator state, such as the topological magnetoelectric responses and half-integer quantum Hall effects.

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