Evidence for Dirac Fermions in a honeycomb lattice based on silicon

Details Evidence for Dirac Fermions in a honeycomb lattice based on silicon Evidence for Dirac Fermions in a honeycomb lattice based on silicon

2012-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/1204.2642v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

6 pages, 4 figures

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Silicene, a sheet of silicon atoms in a honeycomb lattice, was proposed to be a new Dirac-type electron system similar as graphene. We performed scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies on the atomic and electronic properties of silicene on Ag(111). An unexpected $\sqrt{3}\times \sqrt{3}$ reconstruction was found, which is explained by an extra-buckling model. Pronounced quasi-particle interferences (QPI) patterns, originating from both the intervalley and intravalley scattering, were observed. From the QPI patterns we derived a linear energy-momentum dispersion and a large Fermi velocity, which prove the existence of Dirac Fermions in silicene.

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