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  • Title: Mapping polarization induced surface band bending on the Rashba semiconductor BiTeI.
    Author: Butler CJ, Yang HH, Hong JY, Hsu SH, Sankar R, Lu CI, Lu HY, Yang KH, Shiu HW, Chen CH, Kaun CC, Shu GJ, Chou FC, Lin MT.
    Journal: Nat Commun; 2014 Jun 05; 5():4066. PubMed ID: 24898943.
    Abstract:
    Surfaces of semiconductors with strong spin-orbit coupling are of great interest for use in spintronic devices exploiting the Rashba effect. BiTeI features large Rashba-type spin splitting in both valence and conduction bands. Either can be shifted towards the Fermi level by surface band bending induced by the two possible polar terminations, making Rashba spin-split electron or hole bands electronically accessible. Here we demonstrate the first real-space microscopic identification of each termination with a multi-technique experimental approach. Using spatially resolved tunnelling spectroscopy across the lateral boundary between the two terminations, a previously speculated on p-n junction-like discontinuity in electronic structure at the lateral boundary is confirmed experimentally. These findings realize an important step towards the exploitation of the unique behaviour of the Rashba semiconductor BiTeI for new device concepts in spintronics.
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