Quantum Oscillations at Integer and Fractional Landau Level Indices in Single-Crystalline ZrTe5

Yu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Yang, J.; Dun, Z. L.; Zhou, H. D.; Jiang, Z.; Lu, P.; Pan, W.

doi:10.1038/srep35357

Title: Quantum Oscillations at Integer and Fractional Landau Level Indices in Single-Crystalline ZrTe₅

Journal Article · Fri Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35357· OSTI ID:1332915

Yu, W. ^[1]; Jiang, Y. ^[2]; Yang, J. ^[2]; Dun, Z. L. ^[3]; Zhou, H. D. ^[3]; Jiang, Z. ^[2]; Lu, P. ^[1]; Pan, W. ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Physics
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

A three-dimensional (3D) Dirac semimetal (DS) is an analogue of graphene, but with linear energy dispersion in all (three) momentum directions. 3D DSs have been a fertile playground in discovering novel quantum particles, for example Weyl fermions, in solid state systems. Many 3D DSs were theoretically predicted and experimentally confirmed. Here, we report here the results in exfoliated ZrTe₅ thin flakes from the studies of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and low temperature magneto-transport measurements. We observed several unique results. First, a π Berry phase was obtained from the Landau fan diagram of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the longitudinal conductivity σ_xx. Second, the longitudinal resistivity ρ_xx shows a linear magnetic field dependence in the quantum limit regime. Most surprisingly, quantum oscillations were also observed at fractional Landau level indices N = 5/3 and 7/5, demonstrating strong electron-electron interaction effects in ZrTe₅.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; DMR-1350002; FG02-07ER46451

OSTI ID:: 1332915

Report Number(s):: SAND2016-10784J; srep35357; TRN: US1601868

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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