Structural and electronic properties of ultrathin FeSe films grown on Bi2Se3(0 0 0 1) studied by STM/STS. (14th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singh, Udai Raj; Warmuth, Jonas; Markmann, Verena; Wiebe, Jens; Wiesendanger, Roland
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 29:Number 2(2017)
• Publication Date: 2016-11-14
• Subjects: FeSe film -- topological insulator -- superconductivity -- STM; Condensed matter -- Periodicals; Matière condensée -- Périodiques; Vaste stoffen; Vloeistoffen; Natuurkunde; Electronic journals; Computer network resources; 530.4105
• DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/29/2/025004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0953-8984

Abstract

Abstract: We report scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS) studies on one and two unit cell (UC) high FeSe thin films grown on Bi2 Se3 (0 0 0 1). In our thin films, we find the tetragonal phase of FeSe and dumb-bell shaped defects oriented along Se–Se bond directions. In addition, we observe striped moiré patterns with a periodicity of (7.3 ± 0.1) nm generated by the mismatch between the FeSe lattice and the Bi2 Se3 lattice. We could not find any signature of a superconducting gap in the tunneling spectra measured on the surface of one and two UC thick islands of FeSe down to 6.5 K. The spectra rather show an asymmetric behavior across and a finite density of states at the Fermi level ( E F ) resembling those taken in the normal state of bulk FeSe.