Orbital-selective spin texture and its manipulation in a topological insulator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xie, Zhuojin ^a   He, Shaolong ^a   Chen, Chaoyu ^a   Feng, Ya ^a   Yi, Hemian ^a   Liang, Aiji ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Mou, Daixiang ^a   He, Junfeng ^a   Peng, Yingying ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Shenjin ^c   Wang, Zhimin ^c   Zhang, Fengfeng ^c   Yang, Feng ^c   Peng, Qinjun ^c   Wang, Xiaoyang ^c   Chen, Chuangtian ^c   Xu, Zuyan ^c   Zhou, X J ^a,b   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^c TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH SELENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; INSULATION; MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84896841687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4382     Document Type: Article

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