Experimental Realization of an Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulator

An intrinsic magnetic topological insulator(TI) is a stoichiometric magnetic compound possessing both inherent magnetic order and topological electronic states. Such a material can provide a shortcut to various novel topological quantum effects but remained elusive experimentally for a long time. Here we report the experimental realization of thin films of an intrinsic magnetic TI, MnBi_2Te_4, by alternate growth of a Bi_2Te_3 quintuple layer and a MnTe bilayer with molecular beam epitaxy. The material shows the archetypical Dirac surface states in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and is demonstrated to be an antiferromagnetic topological insulator with ferromagnetic surfaces by magnetic and transport measurements as well as first-principles calculations. The unique magnetic and topological electronic structures and their interplays enable the material to embody rich quantum phases such as quantum anomalous Hall insulators and axion insulators at higher temperature and in a well-controlled way.     

拓扑绝缘体表面态的STM研究

文章主要介绍了利用扫描隧道显微镜对拓扑绝缘体表面态进行的一系列研究工作,包括拓扑绝缘体表面态的电子驻波以及拓扑表面态的朗道量子化现象.这些工作对于拓扑绝缘体基本性质的确立以及深入理解具有十分重要的意义.     

Quantum Anomalous Hall Multilayers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Quantum anomalous Hall(QAH) effect is a quantum Hall effect that occurs without the need of external magnetic field. A system composed of multiple parallel QAH layers is an effective high Chern number QAH insulator and the key to the applications of the dissipationless chiral edge channels in low energy consumption electronics. Such a QAH multilayer can also be engineered into other exotic topological phases such as a magnetic Weyl semimetal with only one pair of Weyl points. This work reports the first experimental realization of QAH multilayers in the superlattices composed of magnetically doped(Bi,Sb)_2Te_3 topological insulator and Cd Se normal insulator layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The obtained multilayer samples show quantized Hall resistance h/N_e~2, where h is Planck's constant, e is the elementary charge and N is the number of the magnetic topological insulator layers, resembling a high Chern number QAH insulator. The QAH multilayers provide an excellent platform to study various topological states of matter.     

Molecular beam epitaxy growth of quantum devices

The inherent fragility and surface/interface-sensitivity of quantum devices demand fabrication techniques under very clean environment. Here, I briefly introduces several techniques based on molecular beam epitaxy growth on pre-patterned substrates which enable us to directly prepare in-plane nanostructures and heterostructures in ultrahigh vacuum. The molecular beam epitaxy-based fabrication techniques are especially useful in constructing the high-quality devices and circuits for solid-state quantum computing in a scalable way.     

Direct Observation of High-Temperature Superconductivity in One-Unit-Cell FeSe Films

We prepared one-unit-ceil （1-UC） thick FeSe films on insulating SrTiOa substrates with non-superconducting FeTe protection layers by molecular beam epitaxy for ex situ studies. By direct transport and magnetic measurements, we provide definitive evidence for high temperature superconductivity in the 1-UC FeSe films with an onset Tc above 40 K and an extremely large critical current density fie Jc-1.7× 106 A/cm2 at 2K, which are much higher than Tc-8K and Jc-104 A/cm^2 for bulk FeSe, respectively. Our work may pave the way to enhancing and tailoring superconductivity by interface engineering.     

单畴的单原子In纳米线阵列的制备与研究

利用Si（001）向［110］方向偏4°角的斜切表面作为衬底，成功地制备了分布均匀的单畴的单原子In链阵列.扫描隧道显微镜分析表明，沉积的In原子优先吸附在台面上沿着台阶内边缘的位置，并在两个Si的二聚体链之间形成稳定的In二聚体.In二聚体组成直的单原子链，其生长机理与Car提出的“表面聚合反应”相一致.另外，衬底具有非常窄的台面和双原子层台阶边的特殊结构是形成单畴的单原子链的关键. 关键词： 铟单原子链 硅邻近面 扫描隧道显微镜     

Observation of Tunneling Gap in Epitaxial Ultrathin Films of Pyrite-Type Copper Disulfide

We report scanning tunneling microscopy investigation on epitaxial ultrathin films of pyrite-type copper disulfide.Layer-by-layer growth of CuS_(2 )films with a preferential orientation of(111)on SrTiO_3(001)and Bi_2Sr_2Ca Cu_2O_(8+)substrates is achieved by molecular beam epitaxy growth.For ultrathin films on both kinds of substrates,we observe symmetric tunneling gap around the Fermi level that persists up to~15 K.The tunneling gap degrades with either increasing temperature or increasing thickness,suggesting new matter states at the extreme twodimensional limit.     

Influence of magnetic field sweep rate on the hysteresis loops of Ni0.8Fe0.2/Fe0.5Mn0.5 exchange bias bilayer

The influence of the magnetic field sweep rate on the hysteresis loops of exchange bias Ni0.8Fe0.2/Fe0.5Mn0.5 bilayers has been investigated with a vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that the sweep rate of 13.6 kA/4πms is high enough to bring about obvious changes in the hysteresis loops of the exchange bias bilayer. High sweep rate in the magnetization reversal stage enlarges the coercivity of the sample, while high sweep rate in the saturation state reduces the coercivity. The above phenomena were attributed to magnetic viscosity in the ferromagnetic layer enhanced by the interface exchange interaction and domain magnetization reversals assisted by thermal fluctuation in the antiferromagnetic layer respectively.     

选区外延生长的PbTe-超导杂化纳米线:一个可能实现拓扑量子计算的新体系

半导体-超导体杂化纳米线是用于研究马约拉纳零能模和拓扑量子计算的主要平台之一,而基于Ⅲ-Ⅴ族半导体InAs和InSb的纳米线则是当前此方向研究的主流材料体系.尽管经过多年制备技术的改进和优化,样品中过多的缺陷和杂质仍是阻碍此方向进一步发展的核心问题.近年来,一个新的马约拉纳纳米线候选体系——Ⅳ-Ⅵ族半导体PbTe-超导杂化纳米线吸引了很大关注并获得了快速的研究进展.PbTe的介电常数巨大,且具有晶格匹配的衬底,这些优势使其有潜力突破纳米线样品质量提升的瓶颈,成为马约拉纳零能模的研究和拓扑量子计算实现的理想平台.本文将简单介绍最近几年在PbTe纳米线和PbTe-超导杂化纳米线器件的选区分子束外延生长、输运性质研究方面取得的重要进展,并对这种新的马约拉纳纳米线候选体系的优势、问题及基于其实现拓扑量子计算的前景进行讨论.     

具有分隔层Bi的反铁磁/铁磁双层薄膜间的短程交换耦合

用磁控溅射方法制备了NiFeⅠFeMnBiNiFeⅡ薄膜,研究了反铁磁薄膜FeMn与铁磁薄膜NiFeⅠ及NiFeⅡ间的交换偏置场Hex相对于分隔层Bi厚度的变化.发现随分隔层Bi厚度的增加,FeMn与NiFeⅠ间的交换偏置场Hex1几乎不变,FeMn与NiFeⅡ间的交换偏置场Hex2急剧减小.当Bi的厚度超过06nm时,FeMn与NiFeⅡ之间的交换偏置场从6925下降为0876kA·m-1.x射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析表明,沉积在FeMnNiFeⅡ界面的Bi并没有全部停留在界面处,至少有部分偏聚到Ni 关键词： 交换偏置 分隔层 织构 XPS