期刊
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
卷 54, 期 40, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac10d9
关键词
topological Kondo insulator; quantum oscillations; surface state
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [18H05227, 18H01177, 18H01180, 18J22138, 19H05824]
- JST CREST [JPMJCR19T5]
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1707620, DMR-2004288, 1905397, DMR-1644779]
- Department of Energy [DE-SC0020184]
- Office of Naval Research through DURIP Award [N00014-17-1-2357]
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18H01177, 18H01180, 18J22138] Funding Source: KAKEN
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0020184] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1905397] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research [1905397] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Recent studies on Kondo insulators, such as YbB12, have shown that the transport properties exhibit insulating behavior at high temperatures and a plateau at low temperatures, with the plateau value decreasing with decreasing sample thickness. Additionally, weak-antilocalization effects were observed in the magnetoresistance of microstructures, indicating the presence of a topologically protected surface state. High-field resistivity measurements further support the occurrence of quantum oscillations in the insulating bulk of YbB12.
Kondo insulators have recently aroused great interest because they are promising materials that host a topological insulator state caused by the strong electron interactions. Moreover, recent observations of the quantum oscillations in the insulating state of Kondo insulators have come as a great surprise. Here, to investigate the surface electronic state of a prototype Kondo insulator YbB12, we measured the transport properties of single crystals and microstructures. In all samples, the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity is insulating at high temperatures and the resistivity exhibits a plateau at low temperatures. The magnitude of the plateau value decreases with reducing sample thickness, which is quantitatively consistent with the surface electronic conduction in the bulk insulating YbB12. Moreover, the magnetoresistance of the microstructures exhibits a weak-antilocalization effect at low field. These results are consistent with the presence of a topologically protected surface state, suggesting that YbB12 is a candidate material for a topological Kondo insulator. The high field resistivity measurements up to mu (0) H = 50 T of the microstructures provide supporting evidence that the quantum oscillations of the resistivity in YbB12 occurs in the insulating bulk.
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