title: Crossover from 3D to 2D quantum transport in Bi2Se3/In2Se3 superlattices.
abstract: The topological insulator/normal insulator (TI/NI) superlattices (SLs) with multiple Dirac channels are predicted to offer great opportunity to design novel materials and investigate new quantum phenomena. Here, we report first transport studies on the SLs composed of TI Bi2Se3 layers sandwiched by NI In2Se3 layers artificially grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The transport properties of two kinds of SL samples show convincing evidence that the transport dimensionality changes from three-dimensional (3D) to two-dimensional (2D) when decreasing the thickness of building block Bi2Se3 layers, corresponding to the crossover from coherent TI transport to separated TI channels. Our findings provide the possibility to realizing "3D surface states" in TI/NI SLs.
authors.affiliation: International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yanfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Haiwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Huichao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Han-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mao-Hai
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Xin-Cheng
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: superlattices; topological insulators; transport dimensionality; weak-antilocalization; weak-localization