Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-10-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages + 1 page supplemental
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.156402
One of the most exciting subjects in solid state physics is a single layer of graphite which exhibits a variety of unconventional novel properties. The key feature of its electronic structure are linear dispersive bands which cross in a single point at the Fermi energy. This so-called Dirac cone is closely related to the surface states of the recently discovered topological insulators. The ternary compounds, such as LiAuSe and KHgSb with a honeycomb structure of their Au-Se and Hg-Sb layers feature band inversion very similar to HgTe which is a strong precondition for existence of the topological surface states. In contrast to graphene with two Dirac cones at K and K' points, these materials exhibit the surface states formed by only a single Dirac cone at the \Gamma -point together with the small direct band gap opened by a strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in the bulk. These materials are centro-symmetric, therefore, it is possible to determine the parity of their wave functions, and hence, their topological character. Surprisingly, the compound KHgSb with the strong SOC is topologically trivial, whereas LiAuSe is found to be a topological non-trivial insulator.
Chadov Stanislav
Felser* Claudia
Kubler Jurgen
Müchler Lukas
Qi Xiao-Liang
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