Surface electronic structure engineering of manganese bismuth tellurides guided by micro‐focused angle‐resolved photoemission

Modification of the electronic structure of quantum matter by ad atom deposition allows for directed fundamental design of electronic and magnetic properties. This concept is utilized in the present study in order to tune the surface electronic structure of magnetic topological insulators based on MnBi2Te4. The topological bands of these systems are typically strongly electron‐doped and hybridized with a manifold of surface states that place the salient topological states out of reach of electron transport and practical applications. In this study, micro‐focused angle‐resolved photoemission spectroscopy (microARPES) provides direct access to the termination‐dependent dispersion of MnBi2Te4 and MnBi4Te7 during in situ deposition of rubidium atoms.