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Routes for the topological surface state energy gap modulation in antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4. / Шикин, Александр Михайлович; Макарова, Татьяна Павловна; Ерыженков, Александр Владимирович; Усачев, Дмитрий Юрьевич; Естюнин, Дмитрий Алексеевич; Глазкова, Дарья Алексеевна; Климовских, Илья Игоревич; Рыбкин, Артем Геннадиевич; Тарасов, Артем Вячеславович.
In: Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 649, 414443, 15.01.2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Routes for the topological surface state energy gap modulation in antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4
AU - Шикин, Александр Михайлович
AU - Макарова, Татьяна Павловна
AU - Ерыженков, Александр Владимирович
AU - Усачев, Дмитрий Юрьевич
AU - Естюнин, Дмитрий Алексеевич
AU - Глазкова, Дарья Алексеевна
AU - Климовских, Илья Игоревич
AU - Рыбкин, Артем Геннадиевич
AU - Тарасов, Артем Вячеславович
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/1/15
Y1 - 2023/1/15
N2 - We have analyzed different factors responsible for changes in the Dirac gap in MnBi 2Te 4 and the routes that determine the possibilities of the purposeful gap modulation. It was shown that upon changing the surface van der Waals interval and surface spin–orbit coupling strength the topological surface states localization shifts between the surface septuple layers with opposite magnetizations, which leads to a nonmonotonic change in the Dirac gap size. The minimum in the Dirac gap corresponds to the point of changing the sign of the emerging exchange field. Moreover, we have shown that the Dirac gap can be effectively modulated by replacing magnetic Mn atoms in the surface layer with nonmagnetic ones or Bi and Te atoms with atoms of elements with a lower spin–orbit coupling that makes it possible to create synthetic layered topological systems with purposeful modification of the surface properties.
AB - We have analyzed different factors responsible for changes in the Dirac gap in MnBi 2Te 4 and the routes that determine the possibilities of the purposeful gap modulation. It was shown that upon changing the surface van der Waals interval and surface spin–orbit coupling strength the topological surface states localization shifts between the surface septuple layers with opposite magnetizations, which leads to a nonmonotonic change in the Dirac gap size. The minimum in the Dirac gap corresponds to the point of changing the sign of the emerging exchange field. Moreover, we have shown that the Dirac gap can be effectively modulated by replacing magnetic Mn atoms in the surface layer with nonmagnetic ones or Bi and Te atoms with atoms of elements with a lower spin–orbit coupling that makes it possible to create synthetic layered topological systems with purposeful modification of the surface properties.
KW - Antiferromagnetic topological insulator
KW - Antisite defects
KW - Electronic structure
KW - Topological surface states
KW - ab initio calculations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physb.2022.414443
DO - 10.1016/j.physb.2022.414443
M3 - Article
VL - 649
JO - Physica B: Condensed Matter
JF - Physica B: Condensed Matter
SN - 0921-4526
M1 - 414443
ER -
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