Determination of the surface states from the ultrafast electronic states in a thermoelectric material

We reveal the electronic structure in Yb Cd₂Sb₂,a thermoelectric material,by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy(ARPES)and time-resolved ARPES(tr ARPES).Specifically,three bulk bands at the vicinity of the Fermi level are evidenced near the Brillouin zone center,consistent with the density functional theory(DFT)calculation.It is interesting that the spin-unpolarized bulk bands respond unexpectedly to right-and left-handed circularly polarized probe.In addition,a hole band of surface states,which is not sensitive to the polarization of the probe beam and is not expected from the DFT calculation,is identified.We find that the non-equilibrium quasiparticle recovery rate is much smaller in the surface states than that of the bulk states.Our results demonstrate that the surface states can be distinguished from the bulk ones from a view of time scale in the nonequilibrium physics.     

Topological Dirac surface states in ternary compounds GeBi2Te4, SnBi2Te4 and Sn0.571Bi2.286Se4

Using high-resolution angle-resolved and time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we have studied the low-energy band structures in occupied and unoccupied states of three ternary compounds GeBi₂Te₄, SnBi₂Te₄ and Sn_0.571Bi_2.286Se₄ near the Fermi level. In previously confirmed topological insulator GeBi₂Te₄ compounds, we confirmed the existence of the Dirac surface state and found that the bulk energy gap is much larger than that in the first-principles calculations. In SnBi₂Te₄ compounds, the Dirac surface state was observed, consistent with the first-principles calculations, indicating that it is a topological insulator. The experimental detected bulk gap is a little bit larger than that in calculations. In Sn_0.571Bi_2.286Se₄ compounds, our measurements suggest that this nonstoichiometric compound is a topological insulator although the stoichiometric SnBi₂Se₄ compound was proposed to be topological trivial.     

Unusual Band Splitting and Superconducting Gap Evolution with Sulfur Substitution in FeSe

High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements were taken on FeSe_1-xS_x（x=0,0.04,and 0.08）superconductors.With an ultrahigh energy resolution of 0.4 meV,unusual two hole bands near the Brillouin-zone center,which was possibly a result of additional symmetry breaking,were identified in all the sulfur-substituted samples.In addition,in both of the hole bands highly anisotropic superconducting gaps with resolution limited nodes were evidenced.We find that the larger ...