Vibrational properties of epitaxial Bi4Te3 films as studied by Raman spectroscopy

Hao Xu; Yuxin Song; Wenwu Pan; Qimiao Chen; Xiaoyan Wu; Pengfei Lu; Qian Gong; Shumin Wang

doi:10.1063/1.4928217

AIP Advances (Aug 2015)

Vibrational properties of epitaxial Bi4Te3 films as studied by Raman spectroscopy

Hao Xu,
Yuxin Song,
Wenwu Pan,
Qimiao Chen,
Xiaoyan Wu,
Pengfei Lu,
Qian Gong,
Shumin Wang

Affiliations

Hao Xu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Yuxin Song: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Wenwu Pan: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Qimiao Chen: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Xiaoyan Wu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Pengfei Lu: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.O. Box 72, Beijing 100876, China
Qian Gong: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Shumin Wang: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928217
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 8
pp. 087103 – 087103-7

Abstract

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Bi4Te3, as one of the phases of the binary Bi–Te system, shares many similarities with Bi2Te3, which is known as a topological insulator and thermoelectric material. We report the micro-Raman spectroscopy study of 50 nm Bi4Te3 films on Si substrates prepared by molecular beam epitaxy. Raman spectra of Bi4Te3 films completely resolve the six predicted Raman-active phonon modes for the first time. Structural features and Raman tensors of Bi4Te3 films are introduced. According to the wavenumbers and assignments of the six eigenpeaks in the Raman spectra of Bi4Te3 films, it is found that the Raman-active phonon oscillations in Bi4Te3 films exhibit the vibrational properties of those in both Bi and Bi2Te3 films.

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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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