Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the local density of topological surface states

Details Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the local density of topological surface states Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the local density of topological surface states

2011-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/1103.1710v2

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 243110 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 APL pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3669506

We study Aharonov-Bohm (AB) oscillations in the local density of states (LDOS) for topological insulator (TI) and conventional metal Au(111) surfaces with spin-orbit interaction, which can be probed by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy. We show that the spacial AB oscillatory period in the total LDOS is a flux quantum $\Phi_{0}\mathtt{=}hc/e$ (weak localization) in both systems. Remarkably, an analogous weak antilocalization with $\Phi_{0}/2$ periodic spacial AB oscillations in spin components of LDOS for TI surface is observed, while it is absent in Au(111).

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