Surface Landau levels and spin states in bismuth (111) ultrathin films

The electronic surface states of bismuth present promise for applications exploiting spin and valley degrees of freedom however their study is inhibited by bulk states. Here, the authors directly access the surface-state Landau levels of ultrathin bismuth films under a perpendicular magnetic field.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hongjian Du, Xia Sun, Xiaogang Liu, Xiaojun Wu, Jufeng Wang, Mingyang Tian, Aidi Zhao, Yi Luo, Jinlong Yang, Bing Wang, J. G. Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10814