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One-dimensional topological edge states of bismuth bilayers

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Drozdov, Ilya K., Alexandradinata, A., Jeon, Sangjun, Nadj-Perge, Stevan, Ji, Huiwen, Cava, R. J., Andrei Bernevig, B., Yazdani, Ali·2014·Nature Physics

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The hallmark of a topologically insulating state of matter in two dimensions protected by time-reversal symmetry is the existence of chiral edge modes propagating along the perimeter of the sample. Among the first systems predicted to be a two-dimensional topological insulator are bilayers of bismuth. Here we report scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments on bulk Bi crystals that show that a subset of the predicted Bi-bilayers’ edge states are decoupled from the states of the substrate and provide direct spectroscopic evidence of their one-dimensional nature. Moreover, by visualizing the quantum interference of edge-mode quasi-particles in confined geometries, we demonstrate their remarkable coherent propagation along the edge with scattering properties consistent with strong suppression of backscattering as predicted for the propagating topological edge states. The conducting surface states of 3D topological insulators are two-dimensional. In an analogous way, the edge states of 2D topological insulators are one-dimensional. Direct evidence of this one-dimensionality is now presented, by means of scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, for bismuth bilayers—one of the first theoretically predicted 2D topological insulators.

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Authors
Drozdov, I. K., Alexandradinata, A., Jeon, S., Nadj-Perge, S., Ji, H., Cava, R. J., Andrei Bernevig, B., & Yazdani, A.
Venue
Nature Physics
Published
2014-08-10
Volume
10
Issue
9
Pages
664-669
ISSN
  • 1745-2473 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-2481
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W1561234401
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16
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journal article
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en
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