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Observation of surface states on heavily indium-doped SnTe(111), a superconducting topological crystalline insulator

  • C. M. Polley
  • , V. Jovic
  • , T. Y. Su
  • , M. Saghir
  • , D. Newby
  • , B. J. Kowalski
  • , R. Jakiela
  • , A. Barcz
  • , M. Guziewicz
  • , T. Balasubramanian
  • , G. Balakrishnan
  • , J. Laverock
  • , K. E. Smith

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Abstract

The topological crystalline insulator tin telluride is known to host superconductivity when doped with indium (Sn1-xInxTe), and for low indium content (x=0.04) it is known that the topological surface states are preserved. Here we present the growth, characterization, and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy analysis of samples with much heavier In doping (up to x≈0.4), a regime where the superconducting temperature is increased nearly fourfold. We demonstrate that despite strong p-type doping, Dirac-like surface states persist.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075132
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume93
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Feb 2016

Research Groups and Themes

  • Physical & Theoretical

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