Faraday Rotation Due to Surface States in the Topological Insulator (Bi1–xSbx)2Te3

Shao, Yinming; Post, Kirk W.; Wu, Jhih-Sheng; Dai, Siyuan; Frenzel, Alex J.; Richardella, Anthony R.; Lee, Joon Sue; Samarth, Nitin; Fogler, Michael M.; Balatsky, Alexander V.; Kharzeev, Dmitri E.; Basov, D. N.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04313

Title: Faraday Rotation Due to Surface States in the Topological Insulator (Bi_1–xSb_x)₂Te₃

Journal Article · Thu Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04313· OSTI ID:1376104

^[1]; Post, Kirk W. ^[2]; Wu, Jhih-Sheng ^[2]; Dai, Siyuan ^[2]; Frenzel, Alex J. ^[2]; Richardella, Anthony R. ^[3]; Lee, Joon Sue ^[3]; Samarth, Nitin ^[3]; Fogler, Michael M. ^[2]; Balatsky, Alexander V. ^[4]; Kharzeev, Dmitri E. ^[5]; Basov, D. N. ^[6]

Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Department of Physics
University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States). Physics Department
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept of Physics
Nordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, Stokholm (Sweden); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Institute for Materials Science
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Department of Physics and RIKEN-BNL Research Cente
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Department of Physics; University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States). Physics Department

For this research, using magneto-infrared spectroscopy, we have explored the charge dynamics of (Bi,Sb)₂Te₃ thin films on InP substrates. From the magneto-transmission data we extracted three distinct cyclotron resonance (CR) energies that are all apparent in the broad band Faraday rotation (FR) spectra. This comprehensive FR-CR data set has allowed us to isolate the response of the bulk states from the intrinsic surface states associated with both the top and bottom surfaces of the film. Finally, the FR data uncovered that electron- and hole-type Dirac Fermions reside on opposite surfaces of our films, which paves the way for observing many exotic quantum phenomena in topological insulators.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; FG02-00ER45799; FG02-88ER40388

OSTI ID:: 1376104

Report Number(s):: BNL-113961-2017-JA; KB0301020

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 2; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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