Nature Communications (Mar 2023)
Top-down patterning of topological surface and edge states using a focused ion beam
- Abdulhakim Bake,
- Qi Zhang,
- Cong Son Ho,
- Grace L. Causer,
- Weiyao Zhao,
- Zengji Yue,
- Alexander Nguyen,
- Golrokh Akhgar,
- Julie Karel,
- David Mitchell,
- Zeljko Pastuovic,
- Roger Lewis,
- Jared H. Cole,
- Mitchell Nancarrow,
- Nagarajan Valanoor,
- Xiaolin Wang,
- David Cortie
Affiliations
- Abdulhakim Bake
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong
- Qi Zhang
- The Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies
- Cong Son Ho
- Chemical and Quantum Physics, School of Science, RMIT University
- Grace L. Causer
- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich
- Weiyao Zhao
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong
- Zengji Yue
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Alexander Nguyen
- The Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies
- Golrokh Akhgar
- The Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies
- Julie Karel
- The Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies
- David Mitchell
- Electron Microscopy Centre, University of Wollongong
- Zeljko Pastuovic
- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
- Roger Lewis
- School of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Science, University of Wollongong
- Jared H. Cole
- The Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies
- Mitchell Nancarrow
- Electron Microscopy Centre, University of Wollongong
- Nagarajan Valanoor
- The Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies
- Xiaolin Wang
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong
- David Cortie
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37102-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Topological edge states offer the prospect of dissipationless transport for nanoelectronics, but a precise method to spatially engineer such nanoscale conducting channels is still lacking. Here, the authors demonstrate patterning of topological boundary states in Sb2Te3 using a focused ion beam to create amorphous, topologically trivial regions.
