Atomic and electronic structure of a Rashba p-n junction at the BiTeI surface
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C. Tournier-Colletta,1,* G. Autès,2 B. Kierren,3 Ph. Bugnon,1 H. Berger,1 Y. Fagot-Revurat,3 O. V. Yazyev,2 M. Grioni,1 and D. Malterre3 1Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 2Institute of Theoretical Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3Institut Jean Lamour, Unités Mixtes de Recherche 7198, Nancy Université, B. P. 239, F-54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France (Received 12 November 2013; published 4 February 2014)
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