Structural properties of thin-film ferromagnetic topological insulators.

ABSTRACT: We present a comprehensive study of the crystal structure of the thin-film, ferromagnetic topological insulator (Bi, Sb)_2-x V _x Te₃. The dissipationless quantum anomalous Hall edge states it manifests are of particular interest for spintronics, as a natural spin filter or pure spin source, and as qubits for topological quantum computing. For ranges typically used in experiments, we investigate the effect of doping, substrate choice and film thickness on the (Bi, Sb)₂Te₃ unit cell using high-resolution X-ray diffractometry. Scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy measurements provide local structural and interfacial information. We find that the unit cell is unaffected in-plane by vanadium dopi

SUBMITTER: Richardson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608805 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature