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SLAC Publication: SLAC-PUB-15731
SLAC Release Date: September 10, 2013
Direct Optical Coupling to an Unoccupied Dirac Surface State in the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3
Sobota, Jonathan.
We characterize the occupied and unoccupied electronic structure of the topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ by one-photon and two-photon angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and slab band structure calculations. We reveal a second, unoccupied Dirac surface state with similar electronic structure and physical origin to the well-known topological surface state. This state is energetically located 1.5~eV above the conduction band, which permits it to be directly excited by the output of a Ti:S... Show Full Abstract
We characterize the occupied and unoccupied electronic structure of the topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ by one-photon and two-photon angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and slab band structure calculations. We reveal a second, unoccupied Dirac surface state with similar electronic structure and physical origin to the well-known topological surface state. This state is energetically located 1.5~eV above the conduction band, which permits it to be directly excited by the output of a Ti:Sapphire laser. This discovery demonstrates the feasibility of direct ultrafast optical coupling to a topologically protected, spin-textured surface state. Show Partial Abstract
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