Quantum confinement of the Dirac surface states in topological-insulator nanowires

In topological insulator nanowires quantized Dirac sub-bands are expected, but direct evidence is still missing. Here, the authors report signatures of sub-bands in the gate-voltage dependence of the resistance by tuning the chemical potential in (Bi1−xSbx)2Te3 nanowires through the Dirac point.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Felix Münning, Oliver Breunig, Henry F. Legg, Stefan Roitsch, Dingxun Fan, Matthias Rößler, Achim Rosch, Yoichi Ando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21230-3