We report the preparation of high-quality single crystal of Bi2Se3, a well-known topological insulator and its Ti-doped compositions using Bridgeman technique. Prepared single crystals were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) to check the crystalline structure and energy dispersive analysis of x-rays for composition analysis. The XRD data of Ti-doped compounds show a small shift with respect to normal Bi2Se3 indicating changes in the lattice parameters while the structure type remained unchanged; this also establishes that Ti goes to the intended substitution sites. All the above analysis establishes successful preparation of these crystals with high quality using Bridgman technique. We carried out x-ray photo-emission spectroscopy to study the composition via investigating the core level spectra. Bi2Se3 spectra exhibit sharp and distinct features for the core levels and absence of impurity features. The core level spectra of the Ti-doped sample exhibit distinct signal due to Ti core levels. The analysis of the spectral features reveal signature of plasmon excitation and final state satellites; a signature of finite electron correlation effect in the electronic structure.
@article{arxiv.2005.01269,
title = {Preparation, Characterization and electronic structure of Ti-doped Bi$_2$Se$_3$},
author = {Sawani Datta and Arindam Pramanik and Ram Prakash Pandeya and Anup Pradhan Sakhya and A. Thamizhavel and Kalobaran Maiti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.01269},
year = {2020}
}