Observation of quantum-tunnelling-modulated spin texture in ultrathin topological insulator Bi2Se3 films

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Neupane, Madhab ^a   Richardella, Anthony ^b   Sánchez Barriga, Jaime ^c   Xu, Su Yang ^a   Alidoust, Nasser ^a   Belopolski, Ilya ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Bian, Guang ^a   Zhang, Duming ^b   Marchenko, Dmitry ^c,d   Varykhalov, Andrei ^c   Rader, Oliver ^c   Leandersson, Mats ^e   Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan ^e   Chang, Tay Rong ^f   Jeng, Horng Tay ^f,g   Basak, Susmita ^h   Lin, Hsin ⁱ   Bansil, Arun ^h   Samarth, Nitin ^b   Hasan, M Zahid ^a   more..

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MAX IV LABORATORY   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^h NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SELENIDE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BISMUTH; FILM; INSULATION; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SELENIUM; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON; FILM; LIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THICKNESS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR;

EID: 84900387221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4841     Document Type: Article

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