拓扑绝缘体表面态的STM研究

文章主要介绍了利用扫描隧道显微镜对拓扑绝缘体表面态进行的一系列研究工作,包括拓扑绝缘体表面态的电子驻波以及拓扑表面态的朗道量子化现象.这些工作对于拓扑绝缘体基本性质的确立以及深入理解具有十分重要的意义.     

表面人工低维结构的功能设计与构造

可控地构造具有一定功能的表面人工低维结构,并且总结、理解体系微观结构对其宏观性质影响的一般规律,不仅对探索低维基本物理以及其中的新奇量子现象至关重要,更是微电子工业保持持续发展的关键前提.这方面的研究包括发展新的生长技术实现对体系形成过程的精确控制,对获得的材料做高分辨率的表征;从理论上则要理解体系的生长过程,阐明热力学、动力学的作用机理,从而指导制备技术的发展.深入研究表面人工低维结构的性质更可能导致新物理现象与原理的发现,产生全新的器件概念,进一步反馈给体系功能的设计,推动基础研究与应用探索的发展.文章简要介绍了表面物理国家重点实验室近年来在表面人工低维结构的功能设计与构造方面的研究成果     

Experimental Realization of an Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulator

An intrinsic magnetic topological insulator(TI) is a stoichiometric magnetic compound possessing both inherent magnetic order and topological electronic states. Such a material can provide a shortcut to various novel topological quantum effects but remained elusive experimentally for a long time. Here we report the experimental realization of thin films of an intrinsic magnetic TI, MnBi_2Te_4, by alternate growth of a Bi_2Te_3 quintuple layer and a MnTe bilayer with molecular beam epitaxy. The material shows the archetypical Dirac surface states in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and is demonstrated to be an antiferromagnetic topological insulator with ferromagnetic surfaces by magnetic and transport measurements as well as first-principles calculations. The unique magnetic and topological electronic structures and their interplays enable the material to embody rich quantum phases such as quantum anomalous Hall insulators and axion insulators at higher temperature and in a well-controlled way.     

拓扑绝缘体薄膜和有限尺寸效应

拓扑绝缘体是近年来发现的一类新的量子材料,已成为凝聚态物理的研究热点领域.厚度仅几纳米的拓扑绝缘体薄膜不但具有奇特的物理性质,而且还是拓扑绝缘体应用于平面器件的基础.文章以Bi2Se3为例,介绍了Bi2Se3家族拓扑绝缘体薄膜的分子束外延生长以及其能带、自旋结构和拓扑性质随层厚的演化.这些结果为人工调控拓扑绝缘体的电子结构和物理性质提供了指导.     

界面超导新进展：外延于SrTiO3衬底上的单层FeSe薄膜的超导转变温度超过40 K

内容简介：界面超导概念的起源可追溯至50 多年前物理学家对二维超导的研究。1968 年,首次在实验上观测到界面增强超导现象,即当Al 与Cu 或者Sn 混杂形成超晶格时,其超导转变温度提高接近1 K。在1986 年和2008 年发现的铜基和铁基两大类高温超导体系都具有层状三明治结构,形成库珀对的载流子来源于氧化物电荷库层的掺杂。不仅铜基和铁基两大类高温超导体系,还有MgB₂等,目前已发现的超导转变温度超过30 K的高温超导材料,都具有层状结构。由此,薛其坤产生了一个大胆的设想：高温超导是否源自于界面增强效应并且其机理就是基于电声子作用的BCS理论？     

金属薄膜表面化学反应活性中的量子尺寸效应

本文首先简要介绍了金属薄膜的量子尺寸效应及其对表面化学性质的影响,然后对Pb/si体系量子尺寸效应的近期研究进行了综述,最后详细介绍了量子效应对表面化学反应活性的影响.扫描隧道显微镜观察表明:在Pb(111)单晶薄膜表面卜的分子吸附和氧化反应随着薄膜厚度一个原子层一个原子层变化时会出现振荡现象.通过研究薄膜中量子阱态的形成、费米能级处电子态密度的变化与薄膜的表面反应活性之间的关系,我们从实验上直接定量地证明了最子尺寸效应对表面反应活性的调控作用.     

Quantum Anomalous Hall Multilayers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Quantum anomalous Hall(QAH) effect is a quantum Hall effect that occurs without the need of external magnetic field. A system composed of multiple parallel QAH layers is an effective high Chern number QAH insulator and the key to the applications of the dissipationless chiral edge channels in low energy consumption electronics. Such a QAH multilayer can also be engineered into other exotic topological phases such as a magnetic Weyl semimetal with only one pair of Weyl points. This work reports the first experimental realization of QAH multilayers in the superlattices composed of magnetically doped(Bi,Sb)_2Te_3 topological insulator and Cd Se normal insulator layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The obtained multilayer samples show quantized Hall resistance h/N_e~2, where h is Planck's constant, e is the elementary charge and N is the number of the magnetic topological insulator layers, resembling a high Chern number QAH insulator. The QAH multilayers provide an excellent platform to study various topological states of matter.     

Atomic-Scale Study of Ge-Induced Incommensurate Phases on Si（111）

Two Ge-induced incommensurate phases, γ and β, on Si（111） are observed and studied by {／it in situ} scanning tunneling microscopy. The γ phase consists of aligned triangular domains whose stacking sequence is faulted with respect to the Si（111）-1×1 surface. The β phase consists of two kinds of triangular domains whose stacking sequences are faulted and unfaulted with respect to the Si（111）-1×1 surface, respectively. In the β phase, two types of domain walls, zigzag＇＇ and face-to-face＇＇, form to release the strain. The triangular domains all exhibit a quasi-1×1 hexagonal close-packed structure. By studying the structural evolution from magic clusters to incommensurate structures, the structure models for γ and β phases are proposed.     

局域功函数图像及其在Cu(111)-Au/Pd表面的应用

用扫描隧道显微镜（STM）对Cu(111)-Au和Cu(111)-Pd表面的局域功函数进行了研究.通过 测量隧道电流对针尖样品间距的响应，得到了与STM形貌图一一对应的表面局域功函数图像. 实验发现，Au/Pd覆盖层和Cu衬底间的功函数有明显的不同.Pd薄膜的功函数甚至超过了其体 本征值，且功函数在台阶处变小.用偶极子的形成解释了台阶处功函数的降低.这一工作表明 ，用测量局域功函数的方法容易区分表面上不同的元素，并具有纳米尺度的空间分辨率. 关键词： 扫描隧道显微镜 局域功函数 台阶     

Two-Step Oxidation of Pb（111） Surfaces

We report on a two-step method for oxidation of Pb（111） surfaces, which consists of low temperature （90K） adsorption of 02 and subsequent annealing to room temperature. In situ scanning tunnelling microscopy observation reveals that oxidation of Pb（111） can occur effectively by this method, while direct room temperature adsorption results in no oxidation. Temperature-dependent adsorption behaviour suggests the existence of a precursor state for 02 adsorption on Pb（111） surfaces and can explain the oxidation-resistance of clean Pb（111） surface at room temperature.