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Ab initio electronic structure of thallium-based topological insulators

S. V. Eremeev1,2,3, G. Bihlmayer4, M. Vergniory3, Yu. M. Koroteev1, T. V. Menshchikova2, J. Henk5, A. Ernst5, and E. V. Chulkov3,6,*

  • 1Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, pr. Academicheskii 2/4, 634021, Tomsk, Russia
  • 2Tomsk State University, pr. Lenina 36, 634050, Tomsk, Russia
  • 3Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, ES-20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Basque Country, Spain
  • 4Institut für Festkörperforschung and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, DE-52425 Jülich, Germany
  • 5Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, DE-06120, Halle, Germany
  • 6Departamento de Física de Materiales, Centro de Física de Materiales CFM - MPC and Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Apdo. 1072, 20080 San Sebastián/Donostia, Basque Country, Spain

  • *waptctce@sq.ehu.es
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Phys. Rev. B 83, 205129 – Published 25 May, 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205129

Abstract

We analyze the crystal and electronic structures of Tl-based strong topological insulators TlSbTe2, TlSbSe2, TlBiTe2, and TlBiSe2 by using first-principles calculation results. The topological nature of these materials is characterized by a single Dirac cone at the Γ̄ point. Aside from the latter robust surface state (SS), we find trivial SSs at (around) the Fermi level for large momenta as well as deep trivial SSs at (around) Γ̄. The calculated energy cuts show an isotropic shape of the Dirac cone and a simple spin structure of the cone. The strong dependence of electronic structure on both optimization of the chalcogenide atom position in bulk and surface relaxations, as well as the slow convergence of the Dirac cone with respect to the film thickness, are discussed. The situation in the thallides is contrasted with results for isostructural indium compounds InBiTe2 and InSbTe2, the latter not being topological insulators.

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Phys. Rev. B 83, 205129– Published 25 May, 2011
  • Received 4 December 2010

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