Observation of ultrahigh mobility surface states in a topological crystalline insulator by infrared spectroscopy

Probing optical and transport properties of the surface states in topological crystalline insulators remains a challenge. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that the far-infrared conductivity of Pb1−x Sn x Se (x = 0.23−0.25) single crystals is dominated by the surface states where carriers show a high su...

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Main Authors: Ying Wang, Guoyu Luo, Junwei Liu, R. Sankar, Nan-Lin Wang, Fangcheng Chou, Liang Fu, Zhiqiang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00446-2