TY - JOUR
AU - Vidal, R. C.
AU - Bentmann, H.
AU - Facio, J. I.
AU - Heider, Tristan
AU - Kagerer, P.
AU - Fornari, C. I.
AU - Peixoto, T. R. F.
AU - Figgemeier, T.
AU - Jung, S.
AU - Cacho, C.
AU - Büchner, B.
AU - van den Brink, J.
AU - Schneider, C. M.
AU - Plucinski, L.
AU - Schwier, E. F.
AU - Shimada, K.
AU - Richter, M.
AU - Isaeva, A.
AU - Reinert, F.
TI - Orbital Complexity in Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulators MnBi 4 Te 7 and MnBi 6 Te 10
JO - Physical review letters
VL - 126
IS - 17
SN - 0031-9007
CY - College Park, Md.
PB - APS
M1 - FZJ-2021-04764
SP - 176403
PY - 2021
AB - Using angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES), we investigate the surface electronic structure of the magnetic van der Waals compounds MnBi4Te7 and MnBi6Te10, the n=1 and 2 members of a modular (Bi2Te3)n(MnBi2Te4) series, which have attracted recent interest as intrinsic magnetic topological insulators. Combining circular dichroic, spin-resolved and photon-energy-dependent ARPES measurements with calculations based on density functional theory, we unveil complex momentum-dependent orbital and spin textures in the surface electronic structure and disentangle topological from trivial surface bands. We find that the Dirac-cone dispersion of the topologial surface state is strongly perturbed by hybridization with valence-band states for Bi2Te3-terminated surfaces but remains preserved for MnBi2Te4-terminated surfaces. Our results firmly establish the topologically nontrivial nature of these magnetic van der Waals materials and indicate that the possibility of realizing a quantized anomalous Hall conductivity depends on surface termination.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - pmid:33988442
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000652836500011
DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.176403
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903035
ER -