Confined vs. extended Dirac surface states in topological crystalline insulator nanowires

Confining two dimensional Dirac fermions on the surface of topological insulators has remained an outstanding conceptual challenge. Here we show that Dirac fermion confinement is achievable in topological crystalline insulators (TCI), which host multiple surface Dirac cones depending on the surface...

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Main Author: Roni Majlin Skiff, Fernando de Juan, Raquel Queiroz, Subramanian Mathimalar, Haim Beidenkopf, Roni Ilan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2023-03-01
Series:SciPost Physics Core
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysCore.6.1.011