Probing high energy, unoccupied states on the surface of pristine and Fe doped Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

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Abstract

We probe the surface state of pristine and Fe-doped topological Insulator Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ by using Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (FT-STS). FT-STS allows us to probe the surface state dispersion far above the Fermi energy, a regime inaccessible to angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We report the observation of novel multi scattering channels that emerge at high energies along the $\Gamma $M and $\Gamma $K directions. The possible origins of these channels including spin-orbit scattering will be discussed.

Authors

  • Wenwen Zhou

    • Boston College
  • Yoshinori Okada

    • Boston College
  • Daniel Walkup

    • Boston College
  • Chetan Dhital

    • Boston College
  • Hsin Lin

    • Northeastern University
  • Arun Bansil

    • Northeastern University
  • Stephen Wilson

    • Boston College
  • Vidya Madhavan

    • Boston College