Journal
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201800617
Keywords
Bi2Se3; bound states; density of states; Dirac electrons; edge states; scanning tunneling microscopy; scanning tunneling spectroscopy; surface states; topological insulators
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- RSF [16-12-10335]
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Topologically protected surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators provide a model framework for studying massless Dirac electrons in two dimensions. Usually a step on the surface of a topological insulator is treated as a scatterer for the Dirac electrons, and the study of its effect is focused on the interference of the incident and scattered electrons. Then a major role plays the warping of the Dirac cone far from the Dirac point. The existence of another significant effect near the Dirac point brought about by the presence of steps is experimentally demonstrated here. Namely the band bending in the vicinity of steps leads to formation of 1D bound states in the corresponding potential wells. The observation of bound states in such potential wells in our scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy investigation of the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Se3 is reported. Numerical simulations support our conclusion and provide a recipe for the identification of such states.
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