Topological nature of step-edge states on the surface of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se
Abstract
In addition to novel surface states, topological insulators can also exhibit robust gapless states at crystalline defects. Step edges constitute a class of common defects on the surface of crystals. In this work we establish the topological nature of one-dimensional (1D) bound states localized at step edges of the (001) surface of a topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se, both theoretically and experimentally. We show that the topological stability of the step-edge states arises from an emergent particle-hole symmetry of the surface low-energy physics, and demonstrate the experimental signatures of the particle-hole symmetry breaking. We also reveal the effects of an external magnetic field on the 1D bound states. Furthermore, our work suggests the possibility of similar topological step-edge modes in other topological materials with a rocksalt structure.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
- National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1612143
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1505660
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014335
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 99; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Materials Science; Physics; Density of states; Topological materials
Citation Formats
Iaia, Davide, Wang, Chang-Yan, Maximenko, Yulia, Walkup, Daniel, Sankar, R., Chou, Fangcheng, Lu, Yuan-Ming, and Madhavan, Vidya. Topological nature of step-edge states on the surface of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.99.155116.
Iaia, Davide, Wang, Chang-Yan, Maximenko, Yulia, Walkup, Daniel, Sankar, R., Chou, Fangcheng, Lu, Yuan-Ming, & Madhavan, Vidya. Topological nature of step-edge states on the surface of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.99.155116
Iaia, Davide, Wang, Chang-Yan, Maximenko, Yulia, Walkup, Daniel, Sankar, R., Chou, Fangcheng, Lu, Yuan-Ming, and Madhavan, Vidya. Mon .
"Topological nature of step-edge states on the surface of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.99.155116. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1612143.
@article{osti_1612143,
title = {Topological nature of step-edge states on the surface of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se},
author = {Iaia, Davide and Wang, Chang-Yan and Maximenko, Yulia and Walkup, Daniel and Sankar, R. and Chou, Fangcheng and Lu, Yuan-Ming and Madhavan, Vidya},
abstractNote = {In addition to novel surface states, topological insulators can also exhibit robust gapless states at crystalline defects. Step edges constitute a class of common defects on the surface of crystals. In this work we establish the topological nature of one-dimensional (1D) bound states localized at step edges of the (001) surface of a topological crystalline insulator Pb0.7Sn0.3Se, both theoretically and experimentally. We show that the topological stability of the step-edge states arises from an emergent particle-hole symmetry of the surface low-energy physics, and demonstrate the experimental signatures of the particle-hole symmetry breaking. We also reveal the effects of an external magnetic field on the 1D bound states. Furthermore, our work suggests the possibility of similar topological step-edge modes in other topological materials with a rocksalt structure.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.99.155116},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 15,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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