Mapping the orbital wavefunction of the surface states in three-dimensional topological insulators

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 499-504

  Cao, Yue ^a   Waugh, J A ^a   Zhang, X W ^b,c   Luo, J W ^c   Wang, Q ^a,g   Reber, T J ^a,e   Mo, S K ^d   Xu, Z ^e   Yang, A ^e   Schneeloch, J ^e   Gu, G D ^e   Brahlek, M ^f   Bansal, N ^f   Oh, S ^f   Zunger, A ^a   Dessau, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; SURFACE STATES; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION; CONSTANT ENERGY SURFACES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; ORBITAL COMPONENTS; ORBITAL TEXTURE; SPIN TEXTURES; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SPIN-ORBITALS;

TEXTURES;

EID: 84881476095     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2685     Document Type: Article

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