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Dirac electrons in PbSnSe and PbSnTe semiconductor crystals: theory and experiment.

2011/03/B/ST3/02659

Keywords:

topological isolators semiconductors narrow gap surface states ARPES

Descriptors:

  • ST3_7: Spintronics

Panel:

ST3 - Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics

Host institution :

Instytut Fizyki, Polska Akademia Nauk

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Ryszard Buczko 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 9

Call: OPUS 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 674 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-20

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-08-19

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. komputer PC z monitorem i oprogramowaniem (5 000 PLN)
  2. komputer PC wraz z oprogramowaniem.
  3. Komórka efuzyjna firmy MBE Komonenten (45 000 PLN)
  4. Detektor prądu wiązki mikroskopu elektronowego Hitachi SU-70 (50 000 PLN)
  5. Serwer obliczeniowy (20 000 PLN)
  6. Stanowisko pompowe wysokiej próżni (60 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  1. Direct observation and temperature control of the surface Dirac gap in a topological crystalline insulator
    Authors:
    B.M. Wojek, M.H. Berntsen, V. Jonsson, A. Szczerbakow, P. Dziawa, B.J. Kowalski, T. Story & O. Tjernberg
    Academic press:
    Nature Communications (rok: 2015, tom: 6, strony: 8463), Wydawca: nature publising group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/ncomms9463 - link to the publication
  2. Band inversion and the topological phase transition in (Pb,Sn)Se
    Authors:
    B. M. Wojek, P. Dziawa, B. J. Kowalski, A. Szczerbakow, A. M. Black-Schaffer, M. H. Berntsen, T. Balasubramanian, T. Story, O. Tjernberg
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2014, tom: 90, strony: 161202-1 : 161202-5), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.90.161202 - link to the publication
  3. Spin-polarized (001) surface states of the topological crystalline insulator Pb0.73Sn0.27Se
    Authors:
    B. M. Wojek, R. Buczko, S. Safaei, P. Dziawa, B. J. Kowalski, M. H. Berntsen, T. Balasubramanian, M. Leandersson, A. Szczerbakow, P. Kacman, T. Story, O. Tjernberg
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2013, tom: 87, strony: 115106-1 : 115106-5), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115106 - link to the publication
  4. Quantum spin Hall effect in strained (111)-oriented SnSe layers
    Authors:
    S. Safaei, M. Galicka, P. Kacman, and R. Buczko
    Academic press:
    Acta Physica Polonica A , Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  5. Topological crystalline insulator (Pb,Sn)Te: Surface states and their spin polarization
    Authors:
    S. Safaei, P. Kacman, and R. Buczko
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2013, tom: 88, strony: 045305-1 : 045305-7), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.88.045305 - link to the publication
  6. Observation of topological crystalline insulator surface states on (111)-oriented Pb1−x Sn_x Se films
    Authors:
    C. M. Polley, P. Dziawa, A. Reszka, A. Szczerbakow, R. Minikayev, J. Z. Domagala, S. Safaei, P. Kacman, R. Buczko, J. Adell, M. H. Berntsen, B. M. Wojek, O. Tjernberg, B. J. Kowalski, T. Story, and T. Balasubramanian
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2014, tom: 89, strony: 075317-1 : 075317-6), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.89.075317 - link to the publication
  7. Quantum Spin Hall Effect in IV-VI Topological Crystalline Insulators
    Authors:
    S. Safaei, M. Galicka, P. Kacman, and R. Buczko
    Academic press:
    New Journal of Physics (rok: 2015, tom: 17, strony: 63041), Wydawca: The Institute of Physics (IOP)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1367-2630/17/6/063041 - link to the publication
  8. Nernst-Ettingshausen effect at the trivial-nontrivial band ordering in topological crystalline insulator Pb1-xSnxSe
    Authors:
    K. Dybko, P. Pfeffer, M. Szot, A. Szczerbakow, A. Reszka, T. Story, and W. Zawadzki
    Academic press:
    New Journal of Physics , Wydawca: The Institute of Physics (IOP)
    Status:
    Submitted
  9. Controlling topological transition in Pb(1-x-y)Sn(x)Mn(y)Se
    Authors:
    Kowalski B.J., Dziawa P., Pieniążek A., Balasubramanian T., Leandersson M., Adell J., Wojek B.M., Tjernberg O., Szczerbakow A., Story T.
    Academic press:
    MAX-lab Activity Report (Sweden) (rok: 2014, tom: 2013, strony: Beamline I4), Wydawca: MAX IV, Lund University
    Status:
    Published