We have grown the phase-homogeneous ternary compound with composition Bi2Te1.85S1.15 very close to the stoichiometric Bi2Te2S. The measurements performed with spin- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy as well as density functional theory and GW calculations revealed a wide-band-gap three-dimensional topological insulator phase. The surface electronic spectrum is characterized by the topological surface state (TSS) with Dirac point located above the valence band and Fermi level lying in the band gap. TSS band dispersion and constant energy contour manifest a weak warping effect near the Fermi level along with in-plane and out-of-plane spin polarization along the Γ-K̄ line. We identified four additional states at deeper binding energies with high in-plane spin polarization.

Original languageEnglish
Article number205113
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume97
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 May 2018

    Research areas

  • AUGMENTED-WAVE METHOD, SINGLE DIRAC CONE, P-N-JUNCTION, EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATION, MINERAL TETRADYMITE, SURFACE, METALS, SYSTEM, TE, SE

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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