Publication detail

Landau level spectroscopy of Bi2Te3

Mohelský, I. Dubroka, A. Wyzula, J. Slobodeniuk, A. Martinez, G. Krupko, Y. Piot, B. A. Caha, O. Humlíček, J. Bauer, G. Springholz, G. Orlita, M.

English title

Landau level spectroscopy of Bi2Te3

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

Here we report on Landau level spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 34 T performed on a thin film of the topological insulator Bi2Te3 epitaxially grown on a BaF2 substrate. The observed response is consistent with the picture of a direct-gap semiconductor in which charge carriers closely resemble massive Dirac particles. The fundamental band gap reaches E-g = (175 +/- 5) meV at low temperatures and it is not located on the trigonal axis, thus displaying either sixfold or twelvefold valley degeneracy. Interestingly, our magneto-optical data do not indicate any band inversion at the direct gap. This suggests that the fundamental band gap is relatively distant from the Gamma point where profound inversion exists and gives rise to the relativisticlike surface states of Bi2Te3.

English abstract

Here we report on Landau level spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 34 T performed on a thin film of the topological insulator Bi2Te3 epitaxially grown on a BaF2 substrate. The observed response is consistent with the picture of a direct-gap semiconductor in which charge carriers closely resemble massive Dirac particles. The fundamental band gap reaches E-g = (175 +/- 5) meV at low temperatures and it is not located on the trigonal axis, thus displaying either sixfold or twelvefold valley degeneracy. Interestingly, our magneto-optical data do not indicate any band inversion at the direct gap. This suggests that the fundamental band gap is relatively distant from the Gamma point where profound inversion exists and gives rise to the relativisticlike surface states of Bi2Te3.

Keywords in English

BISMUTH TELLURIDE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; VALENCE-BAND; BI2SE3; SB2TE3; ABSORPTION; RESONANCE

Released

07.08.2020

Publisher

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Location

COLLEGE PK

ISSN

1095-3795

Volume

102

Number

8

Pages from–to

085201-1–085201-11

Pages count

11

BIBTEX


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  author="Ivan {Mohelský} and Adam {Dubroka} and Jan {Wyzula} and Artur {Slobodeniuk} and Gérard {Martinez} and Benjamin A. {Piot} and Ondřej {Caha} and Josef {Humlíček} and Gunther {Springholz} and Milan {Orlita},
  title="Landau level spectroscopy of Bi2Te3",
  year="2020",
  volume="102",
  number="8",
  month="August",
  pages="085201-1--085201-11",
  publisher="AMER PHYSICAL SOC",
  address="COLLEGE PK",
  issn="1095-3795"
}