2014/11/30 by A. Pertsova, Anna Pertsova, C. M. Canali +1 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Condensed matter physics #Insulator (electricity) #Landau quantization #Magnetic field #Materials science #Mathematics #Physics #Quantization (signal processing) #Quantum many-body systems #Quantum mechanics #Thin film #Topological Materials and Phenomena #Topological insulator #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.91.075430
published as Phys. Rev. B 91, 075430 (2015) · 5 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2015/02/26 · arxiv created 2015/02/27 · arxiv updated 2015/03/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The response of thin films of Bi2Se3 to a strong perpendicular magnetic field is investigated by performing magnetic band-structure calculations for a realistic multiband tight-binding model. Several crucial features of Landau quantization in a realistic three-dimensional topological insulator are revealed. The n=0 Landau level is absent in ultrathin films, in agreement with experiment. In films with a crossover thickness of five quintuple layers, there is a signature of the n=0 level, whose overall trend as a function of magnetic field matches the established low-energy effective-model result. Importantly, we find a field-dependent splitting and a strong spin polarization of the n=0 level, which can be measured experimentally at reasonable field strengths. Our calculations reveal mixing between the surface and bulk Landau levels, which causes the character of the levels to evolve with magnetic field.