STM imaging of a bound state along a step on the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Te3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Alpichshev, Zhanybek ^a,b,c   Analytis, J G ^a,b   Chu, J H ^a,b   Fisher, I R ^a,b,c   Kapitulnik, A ^a,b,c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961212783     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.041104     Document Type: Article

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