SANCHEZ-BARRIGA, J., A. VARYKHALOV, G. SPRINGHOLZ, H. STEINER, R. KIRCHSCHLAGER, G. BAUER, Ondřej CAHA, E. SCHIERLE, E. WESCHKE, A. A. UENAL, S. VALENCIA, M. DUNST, J. BRAUN, H. EBERT, J. MINAR, E. GOLIAS, L. V. YASHINA, A. NEY, Václav HOLÝ and O. RADER. Nonmagnetic band gap at the Dirac point of the magnetic topological insulator (Bi1-xMnx)(2)Se-3. Nature Communications. London: Nature Publishing Group, 2016, vol. 7, February, p. nestránkováno, 10 pp. ISSN 2041-1723. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10559.
Other formats:   BibTeX LaTeX RIS
Basic information
Original name Nonmagnetic band gap at the Dirac point of the magnetic topological insulator (Bi1-xMnx)(2)Se-3
Authors SANCHEZ-BARRIGA, J. (276 Germany), A. VARYKHALOV (276 Germany), G. SPRINGHOLZ (40 Austria), H. STEINER (40 Austria), R. KIRCHSCHLAGER (40 Austria), G. BAUER (40 Austria), Ondřej CAHA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), E. SCHIERLE (276 Germany), E. WESCHKE (276 Germany), A. A. UENAL (276 Germany), S. VALENCIA (276 Germany), M. DUNST (276 Germany), J. BRAUN (276 Germany), H. EBERT (276 Germany), J. MINAR (203 Czech Republic), E. GOLIAS (276 Germany), L. V. YASHINA (643 Russian Federation), A. NEY (40 Austria), Václav HOLÝ (203 Czech Republic) and O. RADER (276 Germany).
Edition Nature Communications, London, Nature Publishing Group, 2016, 2041-1723.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10302 Condensed matter physics
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 12.124
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/16:00093653
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10559
UT WoS 000371014500001
Keywords in English SURFACE; FERROMAGNETISM; TRANSITION; GA1-XMNXAS; FERMIONS
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Ondřej Caha, Ph.D., učo 4414. Changed: 1/3/2019 11:35.
Abstract
Magnetic doping is expected to open a band gap at the Dirac point of topological insulators by breaking time-reversal symmetry and to enable novel topological phases. Epitaxial (Bi1-xMnx)(2)Se-3 is a prototypical magnetic topological insulator with a pronounced surface band gap of similar to 100 meV. We show that this gap is neither due to ferromagnetic order in the bulk or at the surface nor to the local magnetic moment of the Mn, making the system unsuitable for realizing the novel phases. We further show that Mn doping does not affect the inverted bulk band gap and the system remains topologically nontrivial. We suggest that strong resonant scattering processes cause the gap at the Dirac point and support this by the observation of in-gap states using resonant photoemission. Our findings establish a mechanism for gap opening in topological surface states which challenges the currently known conditions for topological protection.
PrintDisplayed: 27/4/2024 08:47