Flat-lens focusing of electrons on the surface of a topological insulator

Details Flat-lens focusing of electrons on the surface of a topological insulator Flat-lens focusing of electrons on the surface of a topological insulator

2010-05-27

arxiv.org/abs/1005.5093v1

Phys. Rev. B 82, 125423 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

6 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125423

We propose the implementation of an electronic Veselago lens on the conducting surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator (such as Bi2Te3). The negative refraction needed for such a flat lens results from the sign change of the curvature of the Fermi surface, changing from a circular to a snowflake-like shape across a sufficiently large electrostatic potential step. No interband transition (as in graphene) is needed. For this reason, and because the topological insulator provides protection against backscattering, the potential step is able to focus a broad range of incident angles. We calculate the quantum interference pattern produced by a point source, generalizing the analogous optical calculation to include the effect of a noncircular Fermi surface (having a nonzero conic constant).

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