Abstract
The spin-polarized surface states of topological insulators have attracted interest both from a fundamental and applied point of view. A recent proposal describes a method of probing these surface states with ferromagnetic contacts, which was subsequently applied to a variety of materials. In this study, we use this method on the potential topological insulator SmB$_6$ with a new design based on the Corbino geometry. Though the signal behaves as predicted for all orientations of current and magnetic field, its magnitude is much larger than expected. Possible parasitic effects such as stray field-induced Hall voltages are excluded, leaving the origin of the observations uncertain. This corroborates the need for careful analysis when interpreting results of similar experiments.
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