Visualization of localized perturbations on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal
Abstract
We performed scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB6. Large-amplitude oscillations emanating from the elastic scattering of electrons by the surface impurities are observed in topography and in differential conductance maps. Fourier transform of the conductance maps embracing these regions indicate a holelike dispersion centered around the $$\bar{Γ}$$ point of the two-dimensional Brillouin zone. Using density functional theory slab calculations, we identify a spin-split surface state, which stems from the dangling pz orbitals of the apical boron atom. Hybridization with bulk electronic states leads to a resonance enhancement in certain regions around the $$\bar{Γ}$$ point, contributing to the remarkably strong real-space response around static point defects, which are observed in STM measurements.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; German Research Foundation (DFG)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1633007
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- OSTI ID: 1648111
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- LA-UR-20-24844
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; 235421
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- 89233218CNA000001
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- Published Article
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- Physical Review B
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- Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
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- American Physical Society (APS)
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; material science; density of states; electronic structure; first-principles calculations; polarons; surface states; ferromagnets; semimetals; density functional calculations; scanning tunneling microscopy
Citation Formats
Rößler, Sahana, Jiao, Lin, Seiro, Silvia, Rosa, Priscila F. S., Fisk, Zachary, Rößler, Ulrich K., and Wirth, Steffen. Visualization of localized perturbations on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB 6. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235421.
Rößler, Sahana, Jiao, Lin, Seiro, Silvia, Rosa, Priscila F. S., Fisk, Zachary, Rößler, Ulrich K., & Wirth, Steffen. Visualization of localized perturbations on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB 6. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235421
Rößler, Sahana, Jiao, Lin, Seiro, Silvia, Rosa, Priscila F. S., Fisk, Zachary, Rößler, Ulrich K., and Wirth, Steffen. Thu .
"Visualization of localized perturbations on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB 6". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235421.
@article{osti_1633007,
title = {Visualization of localized perturbations on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB 6},
author = {Rößler, Sahana and Jiao, Lin and Seiro, Silvia and Rosa, Priscila F. S. and Fisk, Zachary and Rößler, Ulrich K. and Wirth, Steffen},
abstractNote = {We performed scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy on a (001) surface of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB6. Large-amplitude oscillations emanating from the elastic scattering of electrons by the surface impurities are observed in topography and in differential conductance maps. Fourier transform of the conductance maps embracing these regions indicate a holelike dispersion centered around the $\bar{Γ}$ point of the two-dimensional Brillouin zone. Using density functional theory slab calculations, we identify a spin-split surface state, which stems from the dangling pz orbitals of the apical boron atom. Hybridization with bulk electronic states leads to a resonance enhancement in certain regions around the $\bar{Γ}$ point, contributing to the remarkably strong real-space response around static point defects, which are observed in STM measurements.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235421},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 23,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {6}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235421
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