Topologically entangled Rashba-split Shockley states on the surface of   grey arsenic
  We discover a pair of spin-polarized surface bands on the (111) face of grey arsenic by using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). In the occupied side, the pair resembles typical nearly-free-electron Shockley states observed on noble-metal surfaces. However, pump-probe ARPES reveals that the spin-polarized pair traverses the bulk band gap and that the crossing of the pair at $\bar\Gamma$ is topologically unavoidable. First-principles calculations well reproduce the bands and their non-trivial topology; the calculations also support that the surface states are of Shockley type because they arise from a band inversion caused by crystal field. The results provide compelling evidence that topological Shockley states are realized on As(111). 
Peng Zhang, J.-Z. Ma, Y. Ishida, L.-X. Zhao, Q.-N. Xu, B.-Q. Lv, K.   Yaji, G.-F. Chen, H.-M. Weng, X. Dai, Z. Fang, X.-Q. C...
cond-mat.mtrl-sci