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Evidence for in-gap surface states on the single phase SmB6(001) surface.

Toshio MiyamachiShigemasa SugaMartin EllguthChristian TuscheClaus M SchneiderFumitoshi IgaFumio Komori
Published in: Scientific reports (2017)
Structural and electronic properties of the SmB6(001) single-crystal surface prepared by Ar+ ion sputtering and controlled annealing are investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. In contrast to the cases of cleaved surfaces, we observe a single phase surface with a non-reconstructed p(1 × 1) lattice on the entire surface at an optimized annealing temperature. The surface is identified as Sm-terminated on the basis of spectroscopic measurements. On a structurally uniform surface, the emergence of the in-gap state, a robust surface state against structural variation, is further confirmed inside a Kondo hybridization gap at 4.4 K by temperature and atomically-resolved spatial dependences of the differential conductance spectrum near the Fermi energy.
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