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Observation of a well-defined hybridization gap and in-gap states on the SmB6 (001) surface
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dc.contributor.author | Sun, Zhixiang | |
dc.contributor.author | Maldonado, Ana | |
dc.contributor.author | Paz, Wendel | |
dc.contributor.author | Inosov, Dmytro | |
dc.contributor.author | Schnyder, Andreas | |
dc.contributor.author | Palacios, J. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shitsevalova, Natalya Yu. | |
dc.contributor.author | Filippov, Vladimir | |
dc.contributor.author | Wahl, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-22T10:30:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-22T10:30:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sun , Z , Maldonado , A , Paz , W , Inosov , D , Schnyder , A , Palacios , J J , Shitsevalova , N Y , Filippov , V & Wahl , P 2018 , ' Observation of a well-defined hybridization gap and in-gap states on the SmB 6 (001) surface ' , Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics , vol. 97 , no. 23 , 235107 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235107 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-0121 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 253120461 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 51600da1-4601-4a4c-88d8-056917d5ae4f | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85048368849 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8635-1519/work/46939655 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000434256900003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13446 | |
dc.description | P.W. acknowledge financial support from EPSRC (EP/I031014/1). | en |
dc.description.abstract | The rise of topology in condensed matter physics has generated strong interest in identifying novel quantum materials in which topological protection is driven by electronic correlations. Samarium hexaboride is a Kondo insulator for which it has been proposed that a band inversion between 5d and 4f bands gives rise to topologically protected surface states. However, unambiguous proof of the existence and topological nature of these surface states is still missing, and its low-energy electronic structure is still not fully established. Here we present a study of samarium hexaboride by ultra-low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. We obtain clear atomically resolved topographic images of the sample surface. Our tunneling spectra reveal signatures of a hybridization gap with a size of about 8 meV and with a reduction of the differential conductance inside the gap by almost half, and surprisingly, several strong resonances below the Fermi level. The spatial variations of the energy of the resonances point towards a microscopic variation of the electronic states by the different surface terminations. High-resolution tunneling spectra acquired at 100 mK reveal a splitting of the Kondo resonance, possibly due to the crystal electric field. | |
dc.format.extent | 8 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics | en |
dc.rights | © 2018, American Physical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235107 | en |
dc.subject | QC Physics | en |
dc.subject | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | TK | en |
dc.title | Observation of a well-defined hybridization gap and in-gap states on the SmB6 (001) surface | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | EPSRC | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Condensed Matter Physics | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235107 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/I031014/1 | en |
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