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R. Comin

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arXiv2011

Rashba spin-splitting control at the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Se3

The electronic structure of Bi2Se3 is studied by angle-resolved photoemission and density functional theory. We show that the instability of the surface electronic properties, observed even in ultra-high-vacuum conditions, can be overcome via in-situ potassium deposition. In addition to accurately setting the carrier concentration, new Rashba-like spin-polarized states are induced, with a tunable, reversible, and highly stable spin splitting. Ab-initio slab calculations reveal that these Rashba state are derived from the 5QL quantum-well states. While the K-induced potential gradient enhances the spin splitting, this might be already present for pristine surfaces due to the symmetry breaking of the vacuum-solid interface.

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arXiv2011

Reply to "Comment on arXiv:1012.1484v1 Structural origin of apparent Fermi surface pockets in angle-resolved photoemission of Bi_2Sr_{2-x}La_xCuO_{6+δ} by King et al."

Reply to comment by Zhou et al. (arXiv:1012.3602) on arXiv:1012.1484 / Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 127005 (2011).

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arXiv2010

Structural origin of apparent Fermi surface pockets in angle-resolved photoemission of Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+δ}$

We observe apparent hole pockets in the Fermi surfaces of single-layer Bi-based cuprate superconductors from angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES). From detailed low-energy electron diffraction measurements and an analysis of the ARPES polarization-dependence, we show that these pockets are not intrinsic, but arise from multiple overlapping superstructure replicas of the main and shadow bands. We further demonstrate that the hole pockets reported recently from ARPES [Meng et al, Nature 462, 335 (2009)] have a similar structural origin, and are inconsistent with an intrinsic hole pocket associated with the electronic structure of a doped CuO$_2$ plane. The nature of the Fermi surface topology in the enigmatic pseudogap phase therefore remains an open question.

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