Abstract
We have incrementally grown bismuth thin films onto a n-doped Ge(111) substrate. Low energy electron diffraction reveals that the first Bi atomic layer is characterized by the reconstruction. By angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we observe Rashba-split bands that do not cross the Fermi level. At higher coverages, where a Rashba type of splitting should still be present, the density of occupied states close to the Fermi energy gradually increases, while extra diffraction spots, related to Bi(110) islands, appear.
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