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Impact of Ultrathin Pb Films on the Topological Surface and Quantum-Well States of Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 Topological Insulators

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The effect of an ultrathin Pb film deposited on the surface of Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 compounds on the electronic state structure of topological insulators is studied experimentally by the angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) technique. The following features are revealed: formation of two-dimensional quantum-well states in the near-surface region, an increase in the binding energy of the Dirac cone and the core levels, and a simultaneous electronic states intensity redistribution in the system in photoemission spectra. The results obtained show that topological states may coexist at the interface between studied materials and a superconductor, which seems to be promising for application in quantum computers.

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia

    Yu. A. Surnin, I. I. Klimovskikh, D. M. Sostina & A. M. Shikin

  2. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    K. A. Kokh

  3. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    K. A. Kokh & O. E. Tereshchenko

  4. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    O. E. Tereshchenko

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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Surnin, I.I. Klimovskikh, D.M. Sostina, K.A. Kokh, O.E. Tereshchenko, A.M. Shikin, 2018, published in Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2018, Vol. 153, No. 4, pp. 641–647.

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Surnin, Y.A., Klimovskikh, I.I., Sostina, D.M. et al. Impact of Ultrathin Pb Films on the Topological Surface and Quantum-Well States of Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 Topological Insulators. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 126, 535–540 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776118040088

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