Observation of unconventional quantum spin textures in topological insulators

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5916, 2009, Pages 919-922

  Hsieh, D ^a   Xia, Y ^a,b   Wray, L ^a,c   Qian, D ^a   Pal, A ^a   Dil, J H ^d,e   Osterwalder, J ^e   Meier, F ^d,e   Bihlmayer, G ^f   Kane, C L ^g   Hor, Y S ^a   Cava, R J ^a   Hasan, M Z ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTRON; IMAGING METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 60149088445     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167733     Document Type: Article

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