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Scientific Reports, volume 7, issue 1, publication number 3353

Giant Magnetic Band Gap in the Rashba-Split Surface State of Vanadium-Doped BiTeI: A Combined Photoemission and Ab Initio Study

SHIKIN A. M. 1
Otrokov M M 1, 2, 3
Ernst A. 4, 5
Rusinov I P 1, 2
Tereshchenko O E 1, 6, 7
Golyashov V A 1, 6
Varykhalov A Yu 8
RADER O. 8
Kokh K. A. 1, 7, 9
CHULKOV E. V. 1, 2, 3, 10
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2017-06-13
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ISSN20452322
Multidisciplinary
Abstract

One of the most promising platforms for spintronics and topological quantum computation is the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with strong spin-orbit interaction and out-of-plane ferromagnetism. In proximity to an s-wave superconductor, such 2DEG may be driven into a topologically non-trivial superconducting phase, predicted to support zero-energy Majorana fermion modes. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and ab initio calculations, we study the 2DEG at the surface of the vanadium-doped polar semiconductor with a giant Rashba-type splitting, BiTeI. We show that the vanadium-induced magnetization in the 2DEG breaks time-reversal symmetry, lifting Kramers degeneracy of the Rashba-split surface state at the Brillouin zone center via formation of a huge gap of about 90 meV. As a result, the constant energy contour inside the gap consists of only one circle with spin-momentum locking. These findings reveal a great potential of the magnetically-doped semiconductors with a giant Rashba-type splitting for realization of novel states of matter.

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Klimovskikh I. I. et al. Giant Magnetic Band Gap in the Rashba-Split Surface State of Vanadium-Doped BiTeI: A Combined Photoemission and Ab Initio Study // Scientific Reports. 2017. Vol. 7. No. 1. 3353
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Klimovskikh I. I., SHIKIN A. M., Otrokov M. M., Ernst A., Rusinov I. P., Tereshchenko O. E., Golyashov V. A., Sánchez-Barriga J., Varykhalov A. Yu., RADER O., Kokh K. A., CHULKOV E. V. Giant Magnetic Band Gap in the Rashba-Split Surface State of Vanadium-Doped BiTeI: A Combined Photoemission and Ab Initio Study // Scientific Reports. 2017. Vol. 7. No. 1. 3353
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-03507-0
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-03507-0
TI - Giant Magnetic Band Gap in the Rashba-Split Surface State of Vanadium-Doped BiTeI: A Combined Photoemission and Ab Initio Study
T2 - Scientific Reports
AU - Klimovskikh, Ilya I.
AU - SHIKIN, A. M.
AU - Otrokov, M M
AU - Tereshchenko, O E
AU - Golyashov, V A
AU - Sánchez-Barriga, J.
AU - Varykhalov, A Yu
AU - RADER, O.
AU - Kokh, K. A.
AU - Ernst, A.
AU - Rusinov, I P
AU - CHULKOV, E. V.
PY - 2017
DA - 2017/06/13 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
IS - 1
VL - 7
PMID - 28611416
SN - 2045-2322
ER -
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@article{2017_Klimovskikh,
author = {Ilya I. Klimovskikh and A. M. SHIKIN and M M Otrokov and O E Tereshchenko and V A Golyashov and J. Sánchez-Barriga and A Yu Varykhalov and O. RADER and K. A. Kokh and A. Ernst and I P Rusinov and E. V. CHULKOV},
title = {Giant Magnetic Band Gap in the Rashba-Split Surface State of Vanadium-Doped BiTeI: A Combined Photoemission and Ab Initio Study},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
year = {2017},
volume = {7},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {jun},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-03507-0},
number = {1},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-03507-0}
}
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