Spin-polarized spatially indirect excitons in a topological insulator

R Mori, S Ciocys, K Takasan, P Ai, K Currier… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The exciton, a bound state of an electron and a hole, is a fundamental quasiparticle induced
by coherent light–matter interactions in semiconductors. When the electrons and holes are …

Spin–orbit coupling at surfaces and 2D materials

EE Krasovskii - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Spin–orbit interaction gives rise to a splitting of surface states via the Rashba effect, and in
topological insulators it leads to the existence of topological surface states. The resulting …

Electron– versus Spin–Phonon Coupling Governs the Temperature-Dependent Carrier Dynamics in the Topological Insulator Bi2Te3

H Lu, R Long, WH Fang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast charge and spin dynamics have immense effects on the applications of topological
insulators (TIs). By performing spin-adiabatic nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations …

Multiple Coexisting Dirac Surface States in Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator PbBi6Te10

M Papagno, SV Eremeev, J Fujii, ZS Aliev… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
By means of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements, we
unveil the electronic band structure of three-dimensional PbBi6Te10 topological insulator …

Electron-phonon coupling in topological surface states: The role of polar optical modes

R Heid, IY Sklyadneva, EV Chulkov - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The use of topological edge states for spintronic applications could be severely hampered
by limited lifetimes due to intrinsic many-body interactions, in particular electron-phonon …

Observation of anisotropic Dirac cones in the topological material

G Dhakal, F Kabir, AK Nandy, A Aperis, AP Sakhya… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Anisotropic bulk Dirac (or Weyl) cones in three-dimensional systems have recently gained
intense research interest as they are examples of materials with tilted Dirac (or Weyl) cones …

Topological surface state of on InSb(001) as studied by photoemission

MR Scholz, VA Rogalev, L Dudy, F Reis, F Adler… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We report on the electronic structure of the elemental topological semimetal α− Sn on InSb
(001). High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission data allow us to observe the …

Observation of surface states on heavily indium-doped SnTe (111), a superconducting topological crystalline insulator

CM Polley, V Jovic, TY Su, M Saghir, D Newby Jr… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
The topological crystalline insulator tin telluride is known to host superconductivity when
doped with indium (Sn 1− x In x Te), and for low indium content (x= 0.04) it is known that the …

Interband absorption edge in the topological insulators

A Dubroka, O Caha, M Hronček, P Friš, M Orlita, V Holý… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We have investigated the optical properties of thin films of topological insulators Bi 2 Te 3, Bi
2 Se 3, and their alloys Bi 2 (Te 1− x Se x) 3 on BaF 2 substrates by a combination of …

Progressive Control of Rashba State on Topological Dirac Semimetal KZnBi

G Lee, J Koo, Y Lee, J Cha, J Hyun, K Han, C Lim… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rashba states have been actively revisited as a platform for advanced applications such as
spintronics and topological quantum computation. Yet, access to the Rashba state is …