Gate-modulated weak anti-localization and carrier trapping in individual Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons

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Title: Gate-modulated weak anti-localization and carrier trapping in individual Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons

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We report a gate-voltage modulation on the weak anti-localization of individual topological insulator Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons. The phase coherence length decreases with decreasing the carrier density of the surface states on the bottom surface of the Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbon as tuning the gate voltage from 0 to −100 V, indicating that the electron-electron interaction dominates the decoherence at low carrier density. Furthermore, we observe an abnormal conductance decline at positive gate voltage regime, which is ascribed to the capture of surface carriers by the trapping centers in the surface oxidation layer.

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Wang, Li-Xian; Yan, Yuan ^[1]; Liao, Zhi-Min, E-mail: liaozm@pku.edu.cn; Yu, Da-Peng ^[1]; Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing ^[2]

State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
(China)

Publication Date:: Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22412620

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; BISMUTH SELENIDES; CAPTURE; CARRIER DENSITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; COHERENCE LENGTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON-ELECTRON COUPLING; LAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION; SURFACES; TRAPPING

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                    Wang, Li-Xian, Yan, Yuan, Liao, Zhi-Min, E-mail: liaozm@pku.edu.cn, Yu, Da-Peng, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing. Gate-modulated weak anti-localization and carrier trapping in individual Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
        Web.  doi:10.1063/1.4907948.

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                    Wang, Li-Xian, Yan, Yuan, Liao, Zhi-Min, E-mail: liaozm@pku.edu.cn, Yu, Da-Peng, & Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing. Gate-modulated weak anti-localization and carrier trapping in individual Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons.  United States.  doi:10.1063/1.4907948.

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                    Wang, Li-Xian, Yan, Yuan, Liao, Zhi-Min, E-mail: liaozm@pku.edu.cn, Yu, Da-Peng, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing. Mon .  
        "Gate-modulated weak anti-localization and carrier trapping in individual Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons".  United States.  
        doi:10.1063/1.4907948.

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@article{osti_22412620,

  title        = {Gate-modulated weak anti-localization and carrier trapping in individual Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons},

  author       = {Wang, Li-Xian and Yan, Yuan and Liao, Zhi-Min, E-mail: liaozm@pku.edu.cn and Yu, Da-Peng and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing},

  abstractNote = {We report a gate-voltage modulation on the weak anti-localization of individual topological insulator Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbons. The phase coherence length decreases with decreasing the carrier density of the surface states on the bottom surface of the Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} nanoribbon as tuning the gate voltage from 0 to −100 V, indicating that the electron-electron interaction dominates the decoherence at low carrier density. Furthermore, we observe an abnormal conductance decline at positive gate voltage regime, which is ascribed to the capture of surface carriers by the trapping centers in the surface oxidation layer.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4907948},

  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 106,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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