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Orbit- and atom-resolved spin textures of intrinsic, extrinsic, and hybridized Dirac cone states

Miao, Lin
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Wang, Z. F.
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Yao, Meng-Yu
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2014
Physical Review B

Combining first-principles calculations and spin-and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements, we identify the helical spin textures for three different Dirac cone states in the interfaced systems of a two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator (TI) of a Bi(111) bilayer and a three-dimensional (3D) TI B or Bi2Te3. The spin texture is found to be the same for the intrinsic Dirac cone of Bi2Te3 or Bi2Te3 surface states, the extrinsic Dirac cone of Bi bilayer induced by the Rashba effect, and the hybridized Dirac cone between the former two states. Further orbit-and atom-resolved analysis shows that s and p(z) orbits have a clockwise (counterclockwise) spin rotation tangent to the iso-energy contour of the upper (lower) Dirac cone, while p(x) and p(y) orbits have radial spin components. The Dirac cone states may reside on different atomic layers, but have the same spin texture. Our results suggest that the unique spin texture of Dirac cone states is a signature property of spin-orbit coupling, independent of topology.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.155116
Web of Science ID

WOS:000337348500002

Author(s)
Miao, Lin
Wang, Z. F.
Yao, Meng-Yu
Zhu, Fengfeng
Dil, J. H.  
Gao, C. L.
Liu, Canhua
Liu, Feng
Qian, Dong
Jia, Jin-Feng
Date Issued

2014

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

89

Issue

15

Article Number

155116

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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OTHER

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June 23, 2015
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