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Scanning tunneling microscopy study of room-temperature functional behavior of intrinsic magnetic topological insulators
Department of Physics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 45469, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7404-387X
Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6510-8870
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2025 (English)In: Physica. B, Condensed matter, ISSN 0921-4526, E-ISSN 1873-2135, Vol. 717, article id 417614Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We present a scanning tunneling microscopy study of room-temperature topological surface states (TSS) on Bi-terminated MnBi2Te4. We found that Bi-termination has a larger exchange gap than Te-termination and a higher surface magnetic ordering temperature, making it a promising system for exploring axion electrodynamics. After compensating local surface charge carriers with an electric field of the tip, we observed nontrivial current plateaus and hysteresis loops on tunnel current-voltage characteristics, which we attributed to the compressibility phase transition of TSS and induction of axion insulator quantum dot (QD). Tunneling data allowed to determine the ratio of magnetic and electric fields in QD and estimate the Chern number of a current vortex as C∼10, which suggests the formation of collective rotational resonance. We found that magnetic defects inside QD can suppress rotational resonance, as manifested either in a halt of vortex rotation or the development of Schrödinger-cat-like superpositions of rotating and non-rotating states.

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Elsevier BV , 2025. Vol. 717, article id 417614
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Axion electrodynamics, Magnetic topological insulator, Quantum dots, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Schrödinger's cat states, Surface magnetism
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-371294DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2025.417614ISI: 001600618900002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105016697979OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-371294DiVA, id: diva2:2004643
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