KOUJI MIYAMOTO

Last Updated :2025/01/07

Affiliations, Positions
Research Institute for Synchrotron Radiation Science, Associate Professor
E-mail
kmiyamotohiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2008/04/01, 2010/03/31, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Researcher
  • 2010/04/01, 2014/06/01, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Assistant Professor
  • 2014/07/01, 2015/05/31, Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t, Researcher
  • 2015/06/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Assistant Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science , Japan, 2005/04, 2008/03

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Keywords

  • spin, electronic structure, spin-orbit interaction, magnetism

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Exercises in Quantum Mechanics
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Advanced Physics
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation A
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation B
  5. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Introductory Course to Advanced Physics
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Laboratory in Synchrotron Radiation Science
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercise in Physics I
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercise in Physics II
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Exsecise in Physics A
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Exsecise in Physics B
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Research in Physics
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Research in Physics

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Valley spin polarization by using the extraordinary Rashba effect on silicon, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 4, 2013
  2. ★, Topological Surface States with Persistent High Spin Polarization across the Dirac Point in Bi2Te2Se and Bi2Se2Te, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 109(16), 2012
  3. Massless or heavy due to two-fold symmetry: Surface-state electrons at W(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 86(16), 2012
  4. Negative spin polarization at the Fermi level in Fe4N epitaxial films by spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 112(1), 2012
  5. Observation of a highly spin-polarized topological surface state in GeBi2Te4, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 86(19), 2012
  6. ★, Spin-Polarized Dirac-Cone-Like Surface State with d Character at W(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 108(6), 2012
  7. Experimental Verification of PbBi2Te4 as a 3D Topological Insulator, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 108(20), 2012
  8. Giant Rashba-type spin splitting in bulk BiTeI, NATURE MATERIALS, 10(7), 521-526, 2011
  9. In-gap electronic states responsible for the excellent thermoelectric properties of Ni-based half-Heusler alloys, APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS, 1(8), 2008
  10. Direct evidence of ferromagnetism without net magnetization observed by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 70(13), 2004
  11. Orbital magnetic moment of "half-metallic" CO2MnGe, PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, 351(3-4), 347-350, 2004
  12. Soft X-ray spectroscopy study of Mn nanoclusters on Si(111)-7x7 surface, PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, 351(3-4), 351-354, 2004
  13. Element-resolved magnetic moments of Heusler-type ferromagnetic ternary alloy Co2MnGe, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 16(48), S5797-S5800, 2004
  14. Temperature dependence of spin and orbital magnetic moments of Sm 4f electrons in (Sm, Gd)Al-2, JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, 144, 749-752, 2005
  15. The performance test of spin-resolved photoelectron spectrometer at HSRC, JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, 144, 997-999, 2005
  16. The self-calibration of a retarding-type Mott spin polarimeter with a large collection angle, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 77(1), 2006
  17. Electronic structures of Fe3-xVxSi probed by photoemission spectroscopy, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, 203(11), 2765-2768, 2006
  18. Direct observation of spin splitting in bismuth surface states, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 76(15), 2007
  19. Spin-dependent electronic band structure of Co/Cu(001) with different film thicknesses, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 20(22), 2008
  20. Origin of the surface-state band-splitting in ultrathin Bi films: from a Rashba effect to a parity effect, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 10, 2008
  21. Direct evidence of spin-polarized band structure of Sb(111) surface, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 93(25), 2008
  22. Absence of temperature dependence of the valence-band spectrum of Co2MnSi, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 79(10), 2009
  23. Abrupt Rotation of the Rashba Spin to the Direction Perpendicular to the Surface, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 102(9), 2009
  24. Hexagonally Deformed Fermi Surface of the 3D Topological Insulator Bi2Se3, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 105(7), 2010
  25. Peculiar Rashba Splitting Originating from the Two-Dimensional Symmetry of the Surface, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 103(15), 2009
  26. Strong Rashba-Type Spin Polarization of the Photocurrent from Bulk Continuum States: Experiment and Theory for Bi(111), PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 105(7), 2010
  27. Chemical potential shift of Fe3-xVxSi studied by hard x-ray photoemission, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 78(20), 2008
  28. Spin polarized d surface resonance state of fcc Co/Cu(001), NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 10, 2008
  29. Large Rashba spin splitting of a metallic surface-state band on a semiconductor surface, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 1, 2010
  30. Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator Phase in Ternary Chalcogenide TlBiSe2, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 105(14), 2010
  31. Surface Scattering via Bulk Continuum States in the 3D Topological Insulator Bi2Se3, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 107(5), 2011
  32. Spin-polarized semiconductor surface states localized in subsurface layers, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 82(20), 2010
  33. Soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of Heusler-type alloy Co2MnGe, SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 128(5), 163-166, 2003
  34. Unoccupied topological surface state in Bi2Te2Se, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 88(8), 2013
  35. Quasiparticle interference on the surface of Bi2Se3 induced by cobalt adatom in the absence of ferromagnetic ordering, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 85(20), 2012
  36. Tuning of magnetic and transport properties in Bi2Te3 by divalent Fe doping, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 87(20), 2013
  37. Tunable spin current due to bulk insulating property in the topological insulator Tl1-xBi1+xSe2-delta, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 91(20), 2015
  38. Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with enhanced orbital moments of Fe adatoms on a topological surface of Bi2Se3, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 25(23), 2013
  39. Electronic and spin structures of solids investigated by means of synchrotron radiation photoemission, RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, 93, 14-20, 2013
  40. Experimental Evidence of Hidden Topological Surface States in PbBi4Te7, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111(20), 2013
  41. Experimental verification of the surface termination in the topological insulator TlBiSe2 using core-level photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 88(24), 2013
  42. Spin-Polarized Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the So-Predicted Kondo Topological Insulator SmB6, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 83(1), 2014
  43. Exceptional behavior of d-like surface resonances on W(110): the one-step model in its density matrix formulation, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 16, 2014
  44. Spin-Polarized Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the So-Predicted Kondo Topological Insulator SmB6 (vol 83, 014705, 2014), JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 83(3), 2014
  45. Photoelectron Spin-Polarization Control in the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(7), 2014
  46. The gigantic Rashba effect of surface states energetically buried in the topological insulator Bi2Te2Se, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 16, 2014
  47. Valley-dependent spin polarization in bulk MoS2 with broken inversion symmetry, NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, 9(8), 611-617, 2014
  48. Direct observation of the spin polarization in Au atomic wires on Si(553), NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 16, 2014
  49. A double VLEED spin detector for high-resolution three dimensional spin vectorial analysis of anisotropic Rashba spin splitting, JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, 201, 23-29, 2015
  50. Spin polarization of surface states on W(110): Combined influence of spin-orbit interaction and hybridization, JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, 201, 53-59, 2015
  51. A double VLEED spin detector for high-resolution three dimensional spin vectorial analysis of anisotropic Rashba spin splitting, JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, 201, 23-29, 201505
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  52. Spin polarization of surface states on W(110): Combined influence of spin-orbit interaction and hybridization, JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, 201, 53-59, 201505
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  53. Lifshitz transition and Van Hove singularity in a three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetal, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 92(7), 20150810
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  54. Tunable spin helical Dirac quasiparticles on the surface of three-dimensional HgTe, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 92(11), 20150922
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  55. Spin-orbit influence on dz2-type surface state at Ta(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 92(16), 20151019
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  56. Orbital-symmetry-selective spin characterization of Dirac-cone-like state on W(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 93(16), 20160408
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  57. Nonvortical Rashba Spin Structure on a Surface with C-1h Symmetry, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 117(1), 20160630
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  58. Exchange coupling and spin structure in cobalt-on-chromia thin films, EPL, 115(1), 201607
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  59. Hidden Rashba spin-split states in a quasi-one-dimensional Au atomic chain on ferromagnetic Ni(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 94(24), 20161215
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  60. Observation of the spin-polarized surface state in a noncentrosymmetric superconductor BiPd, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 7, 20161107
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  61. Direct observation of spin-layer locking by local Rashba effect in monolayer semiconducting PtSe2 film, Nature Communications, 8, 20170131
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  62. Large-Gap Magnetic Topological Heterostructure Formed by Subsurface Incorporation of a Ferromagnetic Layer, NANO LETTERS, 17(6), 3493-3500, 201706
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  63. Adsorbate doping of MoS2 and WSe2: the influence of Na and Co, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 29(28), 20170719
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  64. Helical Phase Structure of Radiation from an Electron in Circular Motion, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, 20170721
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  65. High quality atomically thin PtSe2 films grown by molecular beam epitaxy, 2D MATERIALS, 4(4), 201712
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  66. Experimental realization of two-dimensional Dirac nodal line fermions in monolayer Cu2Si, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8, 20171018
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  67. Direct evidence of hidden local spin polarization in a centrosymmetric superconductor LaO0.55F0.45BiS2, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8, 20171204
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  68. Discovery of 2D Anisotropic Dirac Cones, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 30(2), 20180111
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  69. Peculiar Rashba spin texture induced by C-3v symmetry on the Bi(111) surface revisited, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 97(8), 20180223
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  70. Location of the valence band maximum in the band structure of anisotropic 1T '-ReSe2, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 97(16), 20180418
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  71. Experimental observation of node-line-like surface states in LaBi, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 97(15), 20180425
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  72. Retrieving the initial-state spin polarization from spin-resolved photoemission: Proposal for a case study on W(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 98(4), 20180717
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  73. Circular-polarized-light-induced spin polarization characterized for the Dirac-cone surface state at W(110) with C-2v symmetry, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, 20180711
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Awards

  1. 2014, Young Scientist Award of thePhysical Society of Japan, The Physical Society of Japan
  2. 2014, Award of the Japanese Society of Synchrotron Radiation Research, The Japanese Society of Synchrotron, Pioneering reserach of Dirac-typed-electrons system probed by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
  3. 2013, Encouraging Prize for the Best Young Scientist in the Surface Science Society of Japan meeting, The Surface Science of Japan, Anisotropic Dirac-cone-like spin-polarized surface state in W(110)

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Spin vectorial analysis of spin-polarized surface state with massless electrons: influence of cystal structure, 2013, 2014
  2. KAKENHI, 2016, 2018