Origin of surface and subband states at the InAs(111)A surface
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Origin of surface and subband states at the InAs(111)A surface. / Batabyal, Rajib; Zelzer, Steffen; Romagosa, Alec P.; Dardzinski, Derek; Corsetti, Fabiano; Marom, Noa; Krogstrup, Peter.
I: Physical Review Materials, Bind 7, Nr. 6, 066201, 20.06.2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Origin of surface and subband states at the InAs(111)A surface
AU - Batabyal, Rajib
AU - Zelzer, Steffen
AU - Romagosa, Alec P.
AU - Dardzinski, Derek
AU - Corsetti, Fabiano
AU - Marom, Noa
AU - Krogstrup, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 American Physical Society.
PY - 2023/6/20
Y1 - 2023/6/20
N2 - The atomic structure of surfaces and interfaces plays a vital role in the electronic quality and properties of quantum devices. The interplay between the surface and confined bulk subband states in terms of their susceptibility has been investigated in relation to crystal defects on an InAs(111)A-(2×2) reconstructed surface, using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. We measure the two-dimensional quantized subband states arising from the confined potential imposed by downward bending of the conduction band edge. Furthermore, we show evidence of the existence of surface Bloch states within the confined bulk band gap projected on the surface spectrum which have originated from the surface reconstruction. As expected, larger confined bulk band gaps at the surface and conduction band offset are measured to be 0.58 and 0.31 eV, respectively. We further show the scattering of these quantum states at different surface defects and demonstrate that surface states are more susceptible to the defect potential when compared with the corresponding subband states. This apparent contrast follows from the length scale at which these defect potentials actively interact on or near the surface. Our observed experimental results are supported by empirical tight-binding simulations for the subband states and first-principles density functional theory simulations for the surface states present on the surface.
AB - The atomic structure of surfaces and interfaces plays a vital role in the electronic quality and properties of quantum devices. The interplay between the surface and confined bulk subband states in terms of their susceptibility has been investigated in relation to crystal defects on an InAs(111)A-(2×2) reconstructed surface, using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. We measure the two-dimensional quantized subband states arising from the confined potential imposed by downward bending of the conduction band edge. Furthermore, we show evidence of the existence of surface Bloch states within the confined bulk band gap projected on the surface spectrum which have originated from the surface reconstruction. As expected, larger confined bulk band gaps at the surface and conduction band offset are measured to be 0.58 and 0.31 eV, respectively. We further show the scattering of these quantum states at different surface defects and demonstrate that surface states are more susceptible to the defect potential when compared with the corresponding subband states. This apparent contrast follows from the length scale at which these defect potentials actively interact on or near the surface. Our observed experimental results are supported by empirical tight-binding simulations for the subband states and first-principles density functional theory simulations for the surface states present on the surface.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.066201
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.066201
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85164235839
VL - 7
JO - Physical Review Materials
JF - Physical Review Materials
SN - 2475-9953
IS - 6
M1 - 066201
ER -
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