Topological surface conduction in Kondo insulator YbB${}_{12}$

Abstract

Kondo insulators have recently aroused great interest because they are promising materials that host a topological insulator state caused by the strong electron interactions. Moreover, recent observations of the quantum oscillations in the insulating state of Kondo insulators have come as a great surprise. Here, to investigate the surface electronic state of a prototype Kondo insulator YbB${}_{12}$, we measured transport properties of single crystals and microstructures. In all samples, the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity is insulating at high temperatures and the resistivity exhibits a plateau at low temperatures. The magnitude of the plateau value decreases with reducing sample thickness, which is quantitatively consistent with the surface electronic conduction in the bulk insulating YbB${}_{12}$. Moreover, the magnetoresistance of the microstructures exhibits a weak-antilocalization effect at low field. These results are consistent with the presence of topologically protected surface state, suggesting that YbB${}_{12}$ is a candidate material of the topological Kondo insulator. The high field resistivity measurements up to ${\mu }_{0}H$ = 50 T of the microstructures provide supporting evidence that the quantum oscillations of the resistivity in YbB${}_{12}$ occurs in the insulating bulk.

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