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Polatkan S, Goerbig MO, Wyzula J, Kemmler R, Maulana LZ, Piot BA, Crassee I, Akrap A, Shekhar C, Felser C, Dressel M, Pronin AV, Orlita M. Magneto-Optics of a Weyl Semimetal beyond the Conical Band Approximation: Case Study of TaP. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:176402. [PMID: 32412257 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.176402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Landau-level spectroscopy, the optical analysis of electrons in materials subject to a strong magnetic field, is a versatile probe of the electronic band structure and has been successfully used in the identification of novel states of matter such as Dirac electrons, topological materials or Weyl semimetals. The latter arise from a complex interplay between crystal symmetry, spin-orbit interaction, and inverse ordering of electronic bands. Here, we report on unusual Landau-level transitions in the monopnictide TaP that decrease in energy with increasing magnetic field. We show that these transitions arise naturally at intermediate energies in time-reversal-invariant Weyl semimetals where the Weyl nodes are formed by a partially gapped nodal-loop in the band structure. We propose a simple theoretical model for electronic bands in these Weyl materials that captures the collected magneto-optical data to great extent.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Polatkan
- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR 8502, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Physics, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Iikawa F, Abbade ML, Brum JA, Bernussi AA, Pereira RG, Borghs G. Magneto-optical experiments on GaAs/InxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs modulation-doped single quantum wells. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:11360-11364. [PMID: 9984925 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.11360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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