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Spatially Resolved Study of Backscattering in the Quantum Spin Hall State
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-127225
- The discovery of the quantum spin Hall (QSH) state, and topological insulators in general, has sparked strong experimental efforts. Transport studies of the quantum spin Hall state have confirmed the presence of edge states, showed ballistic edge transport in micron-sized samples, and demonstrated the spin polarization of the helical edge states. While these experiments have confirmed the broad theoretical model, the properties of the QSH edge states have not yet been investigated on a local scale. Using scanning gate microscopy to perturb theThe discovery of the quantum spin Hall (QSH) state, and topological insulators in general, has sparked strong experimental efforts. Transport studies of the quantum spin Hall state have confirmed the presence of edge states, showed ballistic edge transport in micron-sized samples, and demonstrated the spin polarization of the helical edge states. While these experiments have confirmed the broad theoretical model, the properties of the QSH edge states have not yet been investigated on a local scale. Using scanning gate microscopy to perturb the QSH edge states on a submicron scale, we identify well-localized scattering sites which likely limit the expected nondissipative transport in the helical edge channels. In the micron-sized regions between the scattering sites, the edge states appear to propagate unperturbed, as expected for an ideal QSH system, and are found to be robust against weak induced potential fluctuations.…
Author: | Markus König, Matthias Baenninger, Andrei G. F. Garcia, Nahid Harjee, Beth L. Pruitt, C. Ames, Philipp Leubner, Christoph Brüne, Hartmut Buhmann, Laurens W. Molenkamp, David Goldhaber-Gordon |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-127225 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie / Physikalisches Institut |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Physical Review X |
ISSN: | 2160-3308 |
Year of Completion: | 2013 |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pagenumber: | 21003 |
Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW X 3, 021003 (2013). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.021003 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.3.021003 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 539 Moderne Physik |
Tag: | branched flow; charge; mesoscopics; nanostructures; topological insulators; transport; wells |
Release Date: | 2016/03/03 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung |