Interplay between exchange-split Dirac and Rashba-type surface states at the MnBi2Te4/BiTeI interface


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Zaitsev N., Rusinov I., Menshchikova T., Chulkov E.

Physical Review B, vol.107, no.4, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Nəşrin Növü: Article / Article
  • Cild: 107 Say: 4
  • Nəşr tarixi: 2023
  • Doi nömrəsi: 10.1103/physrevb.107.045402
  • jurnalın adı: Physical Review B
  • Jurnalın baxıldığı indekslər: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, Nature Index
  • Açıq Arxiv Kolleksiyası: Məqalə
  • Adres: Bəli

Qısa məlumat

Based on ab initio calculations, we study the electronic structure of the BiTeI/MnBi2Te4 heterostructure interface composed of the antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 and the polar semiconductor trilayer BiTeI. We found a significant difference in the electronic properties of the different contacts between the substrate and overlayer. While the case of a Te-Te interface forms a natural expansion of the substrate, when the Dirac cone state locates mostly in the polar overlayer region and undergoes a slight exchange splitting, the Te-I contact is the source of a four-band state contributed by the substrate Dirac cone and Rashba-type state of the polar trilayer. Owing to magnetic proximity, the pair of Kramers degeneracies for this state is lifted, which produces a Hall response in the transport regime. We believe our findings provide new opportunities to construct novel spintronic devices.