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Hedgehog spin texture and Berry's phase tuning in a magnetic topological insulator

Xu, Su-Yang
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Neupane, Madhab
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Liu, Chang
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2012
NATURE PHYSICS

Understanding and control of spin degrees of freedom on the surfaces of topological materials are key to future applications as well as for realizing novel physics such as the axion electrodynamics associated with time-reversal (TR) symmetry breaking on the surface. We experimentally demonstrate magnetically induced spin reorientation phenomena simultaneous with a Dirac-metal to gapped-insulator transition on the surfaces of manganese-doped Bi2Se3 thin films. The resulting electronic groundstate exhibits unique hedgehog-like spin textures at low energies, which directly demonstrate the mechanics of TR symmetry breaking on the surface. We further show that an insulating gap induced by quantum tunnelling between surfaces exhibits spin texture modulation at low energies but respects TR invariance. These spin phenomena and the control of their Fermi surface geometrical phase first demonstrated in our experiments pave the way for the future realization of many predicted exotic magnetic phenomena of topological origin.

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DOI
10.1038/NPHYS2351
Web of Science ID

WOS:000307223900014

Author(s)
Xu, Su-Yang
Neupane, Madhab
Liu, Chang
Zhang, Duming
Richardella, Anthony
Wray, L. Andrew
Alidoust, Nasser
Leandersson, Mats
Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan
Sanchez-Barriga, Jaime
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Date Issued

2012

Published in
NATURE PHYSICS
Volume

8

Issue

8

Start page

616

End page

622

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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OTHER

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SCI-SB-HD  
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June 23, 2015
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