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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik

O 55: Electronic Structure and Spin-Orbit Interaction II

O 55.11: Talk

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 18:30–18:45, H42

Spin Polarized Photoemission from Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Topological Insulator Thin Films — •Lukasz Plucinski1, 2, Alexei Herdt1, 2, Gustav Bihlmayer3, Gregor Mussler4, Sven Döring2, Detlev Grützmacher4, Stefan Blügel3, and Claus M. Schneider1, 21Peter Grünberg Institute PGI-6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany — 2Fakultät für Physik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany — 3Peter Grünberg Institute PGI-1, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany — 4Peter Grünberg Institute PGI-9, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany

Spin polarized photoemission spectra from surfaces of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 thin films show up to 45% in-plane spin polarization in the Dirac cone near the Fermi level, which is consistent with the dedicated ab initio theoretical results which find spin polarization in the order of 40-50% when averaged over the surface quintuple layer with the exponential depth profile related to the scattering mean free path of the VUV photoelectrons. Furthermore a non-zero out-of-plane spin polarization component is found in the Bi2Te3 hexagram Fermi surface.

We will discuss the spin-orbit entanglement mechanism behind the non-100% spin polarization in topologically protected surface states, and propose possible surface engineering solutions to increase the spin polarization of the Dirac cone in films grown by the MBE. Furthermore we will compare analytical band structure models with the DFT-based slab calculations.

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