Quasi-localized Impurity State in Doped Topological Crystalline Insulator Sn0.9In0.1Te Probed by 125Te-NMR

Satoki Maeda, Shota Katsube, Guo-qing Zheng
2017 Journal of the Physical Society of Japan  
The In-doped topological crystalline insulator Sn_1-xIn_xTe is a promising candidate for a topological superconductor, where it is theoretically suggested that In creates an impurity state responsible for superconductivity. We synthesized high purity Sn_1-xIn_xTe samples and performed ^125Te-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. The NMR spectra under a magnetic field of H_0 = 5 T show a broadening characteristic due to a localized impurity state. The spin-lattice relaxation rate
more » ... divided by temperature shows a Curie-Weiss like temperature-dependence under H_0 = 0.1 T but is temperature-independent under H_0 = 5 T. These results indicate the existence of quasi-localized impurity states due to In doping.
doi:10.7566/jpsj.86.024702 fatcat:6heg7l4ofzacdb4o3yc6hej54e