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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/7/075501
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- US DOE [DE-AC02-98CH10886]
- University of Akron FRG
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We present the results of an infrared spectroscopy study of topological insulators Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3. Reflectance spectra of all three materials look similar, with a well defined plasma edge. However, there are some important differences. Most notably, as temperature decreases the plasma edge shifts to lower frequencies in Bi2Se3, whereas in Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 it shifts to higher frequencies. In the loss function spectra we identify asymmetric broadening of the plasmon, and assign it to the presence of charge inhomogeneities. It remains to be seen if charge inhomogeneities are characteristic of all topological insulators, and whether they are of intrinsic or extrinsic nature.
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