Kramers nodal lines and Weyl fermions in SmAlSi
Abstract
Kramers nodal lines (KNLs) have recently been proposed theoretically as a special type of Weyl line degeneracy connecting time-reversal invariant momenta. KNLs are robust to spin orbit coupling and are inherent to all non-centrosymmetric achiral crystal structures, leading to unusual spin, magneto-electric, and optical properties. However, their existence in in real quantum materials has not been experimentally established. Here we gather the experimental evidence pointing at the presence of KNLs in SmAlSi, a non-centrosymmetric metal that develops incommensurate spin density wave order at low temperature. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, density functional theory calculations, and magneto-transport methods, we provide evidence suggesting the presence of KNLs, together with observing Weyl fermions under the broken inversion symmetry in the paramagnetic phase of SmAlSi. We discuss the nesting possibilities regarding the emergent magnetic orders in SmAlSi. Our results provide a solid basis of experimental observations for exploring correlated topology in SmAlSi.
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- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (Hong Kong)
- Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (Canada)
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2001411
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; FA9550-21-1-0343; FA9550-22-1-0410
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Communications Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2399-3650
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; electronic properties and materials; topological matter
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Zhang, Yichen, Gao, Yuxiang, Gao, Xue-Jian, Lei, Shiming, Ni, Zhuoliang, Oh, Ji Seop, Huang, Jianwei, Yue, Ziqin, Zonno, Marta, Gorovikov, Sergey, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Denlinger, Jonathan D., Birgeneau, Robert J., Kono, Junichiro, Wu, Liang, Law, Kam Tuen, Morosan, Emilia, and Yi, Ming. Kramers nodal lines and Weyl fermions in SmAlSi. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01257-2.
Zhang, Yichen, Gao, Yuxiang, Gao, Xue-Jian, Lei, Shiming, Ni, Zhuoliang, Oh, Ji Seop, Huang, Jianwei, Yue, Ziqin, Zonno, Marta, Gorovikov, Sergey, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Denlinger, Jonathan D., Birgeneau, Robert J., Kono, Junichiro, Wu, Liang, Law, Kam Tuen, Morosan, Emilia, & Yi, Ming. Kramers nodal lines and Weyl fermions in SmAlSi. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01257-2
Zhang, Yichen, Gao, Yuxiang, Gao, Xue-Jian, Lei, Shiming, Ni, Zhuoliang, Oh, Ji Seop, Huang, Jianwei, Yue, Ziqin, Zonno, Marta, Gorovikov, Sergey, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Denlinger, Jonathan D., Birgeneau, Robert J., Kono, Junichiro, Wu, Liang, Law, Kam Tuen, Morosan, Emilia, and Yi, Ming. Fri .
"Kramers nodal lines and Weyl fermions in SmAlSi". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01257-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2001411.
@article{osti_2001411,
title = {Kramers nodal lines and Weyl fermions in SmAlSi},
author = {Zhang, Yichen and Gao, Yuxiang and Gao, Xue-Jian and Lei, Shiming and Ni, Zhuoliang and Oh, Ji Seop and Huang, Jianwei and Yue, Ziqin and Zonno, Marta and Gorovikov, Sergey and Hashimoto, Makoto and Lu, Donghui and Denlinger, Jonathan D. and Birgeneau, Robert J. and Kono, Junichiro and Wu, Liang and Law, Kam Tuen and Morosan, Emilia and Yi, Ming},
abstractNote = {Kramers nodal lines (KNLs) have recently been proposed theoretically as a special type of Weyl line degeneracy connecting time-reversal invariant momenta. KNLs are robust to spin orbit coupling and are inherent to all non-centrosymmetric achiral crystal structures, leading to unusual spin, magneto-electric, and optical properties. However, their existence in in real quantum materials has not been experimentally established. Here we gather the experimental evidence pointing at the presence of KNLs in SmAlSi, a non-centrosymmetric metal that develops incommensurate spin density wave order at low temperature. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, density functional theory calculations, and magneto-transport methods, we provide evidence suggesting the presence of KNLs, together with observing Weyl fermions under the broken inversion symmetry in the paramagnetic phase of SmAlSi. We discuss the nesting possibilities regarding the emergent magnetic orders in SmAlSi. Our results provide a solid basis of experimental observations for exploring correlated topology in SmAlSi.},
doi = {10.1038/s42005-023-01257-2},
journal = {Communications Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Fri Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}
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Fig. 1 : Crystal structure and electronic structure of SmAlSi. a Crystal structure of SmAlSi where the blue triangles indicate the co-planar Al and Si atoms. b Bulk BZ (red) and the (001) surface projected BZ (orange). c and d Density functional theory (DFT) calculation of the bulk electronic bandmore »
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