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American Physical Society, Physical review B, 23(87)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.87.235113

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Topological quantum well resonances in metal overlayers

Journal article published in 2013 by Xiaoxiong Wang, Guang Bian ORCID, T. Miller, T.-C. Chiang
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

The electronic structure of thin Ca/Sr alloy films epitaxially grown on the topological insulator Bi2Se3 is investigated by first-principles calculations. Despite a negligible spin-orbit coupling in Ca/Sr alloys and strict spin degeneracy in freestanding Ca/Sr films, the topological surface states on the pristine Bi2Se3 surface are spatially transferred, upon Ca/Sr overlayer growth, into the overlayer to form topological quantum well resonances characterized by a spin-polarized chiral Dirac cone. The physical origin of this effect and the implications regarding applications are discussed.