[HTML][HTML] Band structure near the Dirac point in HgTe quantum wells with critical thickness

A Shuvaev, V Dziom, J Gospodarič, EG Novik… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mercury telluride (HgTe) thin films with a critical thickness of 6.5 nm are predicted to possess
a gapless Dirac-like band structure. We report a comprehensive study on gated and optically …

Synthesis, structure, melting and optical properties of three complex orthorhombic sulfides BaDyCuS3, BaHoCuS3 and BaYbCuS3

NO Azarapin, VV Atuchin, NG Maximov… - Materials Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Complex sulfides BaDyCuS 3, BaHoCuS 3 and BaYbCuS 3 were synthesized in a
flow of sulfiding gases (CS 2, H 2 S) at 900 о C from standard solutions of lanthanide and …

Transport properties of a 1000 nm HgTe film: the interplay of surface and bulk carriers

ML Savchenko, DA Kozlov, NN Vasilev… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on systematic study of transport properties of a 1000 nm HgTe film. Unlike thinner
and strained HgTe films, which are known as high-quality three-dimensional topological …

Energy spectrum of semimetallic HgTe quantum wells

J Gospodarič, A Shuvaev, NN Mikhailov, ZD Kvon… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Quantum wells (QWs) based on mercury telluride (HgTe) thin films provide a large range of
unusual physical properties, from an insulator via a two-dimensional Dirac semimetal to a …

Terahertz photoresistivity of a high-mobility 3D topological insulator based on a strained HgTe film

ML Savchenko, M Otteneder, IA Dmitriev… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report on a detailed study of terahertz (THz) photoresistivity in a strained HgTe three-
dimensional topological insulator (3D TI) for all Fermi level positions: inside the conduction …

Exploring the effects of a one-dimensional periodic potential on a three-dimensional topological insulator

A Koop, A Altmann, DA Kozlov, NN Mikhailov… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
High mobility two-dimensional systems with superposed 1D lateral periodic potentials
exhibit characteristic commensurability (Weiss) oscillations that reflect the interplay of the …

Universal transparency and asymmetric spin splitting near the Dirac point in HgTe quantum wells

V Dziom, A Shuvaev, J Gospodarič, EG Novik… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Spin-orbit coupling in thin HgTe quantum wells results in a relativistic-like electron band
structure, making it a versatile solid state platform to observe and control nontrivial …

Anomalous conductance steps in 3D TI HgTe-based quantum point contacts

E Richter, M Barth, DA Kozlov, A Knothe… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We explore electrical transport through a point contact in strained HgTe, a three-dimensional
topological insulator. In the absence of a magnetic field $ B $, there is no quantization …

Theoretical investigation of structural, topological, mechanical and thermal behavior of SrPtS and BaPtS Heusler alloys

M Shakil, A Rehman, MI Khan, SSA Gillani… - Physica …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Topological Insulators (TIs) have become new potential materials because of their
super surface conduction and bulk insulation. Their technological importance motivated us …

Bands and bandgaps in solids

KW Böer, UW Pohl - Semiconductor physics, 2023 - Springer
Valence and conduction bands and the bandgap in between these bands determine the
electronic properties of solids. For semiconductors, the band structure of the conduction …