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Electronic Structure of the Topological Insulator Bi[subscript 2]Se[subscript 3] Using Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy: Evidence for a Nearly Full Surface Spin Polarization

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Pan, Z.-H.; Vescovo, E.; Fedorov, A. V.; Gardner, Dillon Richard; Lee, Young S.; Chu, Shaoyan; Gu, G. D.; Valla, T.; ... Show more Show less
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Electronic Structure of the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Using Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy: Evidence for a Nearly Full Surface Spin Polarization
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Abstract
We performed high-resolution spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies of the electronic structure and the spin texture on the surface of Bi[subscript 2]Se[subscript 3], a model TI. By tuning the photon energy, we found that the topological surface state is well separated from the bulk states in the vicinity of kz=Z plane of the bulk Brillouin zone. The spin-resolved measurements in that region indicate a very high degree of spin polarization of the surface state, ∼0.75, much higher than previously reported. Our results demonstrate that the topological surface state on Bi[subscript 2]Se[subscript 3] is highly spin polarized and that the dominant factors limiting the polarization are mainly extrinsic.
Date issued
2011-06
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66115
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Pan, Z.-H. et al. “Electronic Structure of the Topological Insulator Bi_{2}Se_{3} Using Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy: Evidence for a Nearly Full Surface Spin Polarization.” Physical Review Letters 106 (2011). © 2011 American Physical Society.
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0031-9007

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