Studies of Transport Properties in Topological Insulators

Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of topological insulators.

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), with surface sensitivity, is an ideal tool to probe the intriguing properties of the surface state of topological insulators (TIs) and topological crystalline insulators (TCIs). We summarize the recent progress on those topological phases revealed by STM studies. STM observations have directly confirmed the existence of the topological surface states and cle...

Nonlinear spin-thermoelectric transport in two-dimensional topological insulators

Sun-Yong Hwang,1,2 Rosa López,1,3 Minchul Lee,4 and David Sánchez1,3 1Institut de Fı́sica Interdisciplinària i Sistemes Complexos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Korea 3Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4030, USA 4Department of Applied Physic...

Spin-orbit coupling in quasiparticle studies of topological insulators

We present one-shot GW calculations of the bulk electronic structure of the topological insulators Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3 within the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented-plane-wave formalism. We compare three different ways of treating the spin-orbit interaction in calculating the quasiparticle energies: (i) The spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is already incorporated in the noninteracting syst...

Topological insulators

Plasmonics in Topological Insulators

With strong spin-orbit coupling, topological insulators have an insulating bulk state, characterized by a band gap, and a conducting surface state, characterized by a Dirac cone. Plasmons in topological insulators show high frequency-tunability in the mid-infrared and terahertz spectral regions with transverse spin oscillations, also called “spin-plasmons”. This paper presents a discussion and ...