Fermi surface and anisotropic spin-orbit coupling of Sb(111) studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.
High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy has been performed on Sb(111) to elucidate the origin of anomalous electronic properties in group-V semimetal surfaces. The surface was found to be metallic despite the semimetallic character of bulk. We clearly observed two surface-derived Fermi surfaces which are likely spin split, demonstrating that the spin-orbit interaction plays a dominant role in characterizing the surface electronic states of group-V semimetals. The universality or dissimilarity of the electronic structure in Bi and Sb is discussed in relation to the granular superconductivity, electron-phonon coupling, and surface charge or spin density wave.
Sugawara
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Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
Sato
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Souma
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Takahashi
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Arai
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Sasaki
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