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Two-dimension Dirac fermions system in CdHgTe quantum wells

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-01-30 v1

Abstract

We report on transport and capacitance spectroscopy study of two kinds of quantum wells, namely Cd0.02_{0.02}Hg0.98_{0.98}Te and Cd0.06_{0.06}Hg0.94_{0.94}Te with the thicknesses of 7.4 and 11.5 nm, accordingly. The fraction of Cd was chosen in a way that the both quantum wells are expected to have gapless band structure typical for a Dirac fermions system. We have established that the first quantum well exhibits a massless Dirac fermions system with a quality slightly better then in conventional HgTe quantum wells of critical thickness. Second quantum well exhibits a high-quality two-dimensional topological insulator state with the energy gap of around 10 meV and well-defined edge transport making it as a good candidate for further study and applications of topological insulators.

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@article{arxiv.1901.10307,
  title  = {Two-dimension Dirac fermions system in CdHgTe quantum wells},
  author = {M. L. Savchenko and D. A. Kozlov and Z. D. Kvon and N. N. Mikhailov and S. A. Dvoretsky and B. A. Piot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.10307},
  year   = {2019}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures

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