Surface-state-dominated transport in crystals of the topological crystalline insulator In-doped Pb1-xSnxTe

Zhong, Ruidan; He, Xugang; Schneeloch, J. A.; Zhang, Cheng; Liu, Tiansheng; Pletikosić, I.; Yilmaz, T.; Sinkovic, B.; Li, Qiang; Ku, Wei; Valla, T.; Tranquada, J. M.; Gu, Genda

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195321

Title: Surface-state-dominated transport in crystals of the topological crystalline insulator In-doped Pb_1-xSn_xTe

Journal Article · Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195321· OSTI ID:1193899

Zhong, Ruidan ^[1]; He, Xugang ^[1]; Schneeloch, J. A. ^[1]; Zhang, Cheng ^[1]; Liu, Tiansheng ^[2]; Pletikosić, I. ^[3]; Yilmaz, T. ^[4]; Sinkovic, B. ^[5]; Li, Qiang ^[6]; Ku, Wei ^[6]; Valla, T. ^[6]; Tranquada, J. M. ^[6]; Gu, Genda ^[6]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); North Univ. of China, Shanxi (China)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Three-dimensional topological insulators and topological crystalline insulators represent new quantum states of matter, which are predicted to have insulating bulk states and spin-momentum-locked gapless surface states. Experimentally, it has proven difficult to achieve the high bulk resistivity that would allow surface states to dominate the transport properties over a substantial temperature range. Here we report a series of indium-doped Pb_1-xSn_xTe compounds that manifest huge bulk resistivities together with evidence consistent with the topological character of the surface states for x ≳ 0.35, based on thickness-dependent transport studies and magnetoresistance measurements. For these bulk-insulating materials, the surface states determine the resistivity for temperatures beyond 20 K.

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Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Vol. 91 Journal Issue: 19; ISSN 1098-0121

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