Metallic surface electronic state in half-Heusler compounds RPtBi (R = Lu, Dy, Gd)

被引：87

作者：

Liu, Chang ^{[1
,2
]}

Lee, Yongbin ^{[1
]}

Kondo, Takeshi ^{[1
,2
]}

Mun, Eun Deok ^{[1
,2
]}

Caudle, Malinda ^{[1
,2
]}

Harmon, B. N. ^{[1
,2
]}

Bud'ko, Sergey L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Canfield, Paul C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kaminski, Adam ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Ames Lab, Div Mat Sci & Engn, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[2] Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ames, IA 50011 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 83卷 / 20期

关键词：

TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TRANSPORT; TRANSITION;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205133

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Rare-earth platinum bismuth (RPtBi) has been proposed recently as a potential topological insulator. In this paper, we present measurements of the metallic surface electronic structure in three members of this family, using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). Our data show clear spin-orbit splitting of the surface bands and the Kramers' degeneracy of spins at the (Gamma) over bar and (M) over bar points, which is reproduced nicely with our full-potential linearized augmented plane wave calculation for a surface electronic state. Topologically nontrivial behavior is signified by band inversion in the calculated bulk electronic structures, yet no direct indication of such behavior is detected by ARPES except for a weak Fermi crossing detected in close proximity to the (Gamma) over bar point, making the total number of Fermi crossings odd. In the surface band calculation, however, this crossing is explained by a Kramers pair of bands that are very close to each other. The classification of this family of materials as topological insulators remains an open question.

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