Anisotropic transport properties in prismatic topological insulator nanowires

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العنوان: Anisotropic transport properties in prismatic topological insulator nanowires
المؤلفون: Gestsson, Hallmann Oskar, Manolescu, Andrei, Bardarson, Jens H., Erlingsson, Sigurdur I.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: The surface of a three dimensional topological insulator (TI) hosts surface states whose properties are determined by a Dirac-like equation. The electronic system on the surface of TI nanowires with polygonal cross-sectional shape adopts the corresponding polygonal shape. In a constant transverse magnetic field, such an electronic system exhibits rich properties as different facets of the polygon experience different values of the magnetic field due to the changing magnetic field projection between facets. We investigate the energy spectrum and transport properties of nanowires where we consider three different polygonal shapes, all showing distinct properties visible in the energy spectrum and transport properties. Here we propose that the wire conductance can be used to differentiate between cross-sectional shapes of the nanowire by rotating the magnetic field around the wire. Distinguishing between the different shapes also works in the presence of impurities as long as conductance steps are discernible, thus revealing the sub-band structure.
Comment: 9 pages with 7 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
الوصول الحر: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03380Test
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.2405.03380
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv