Large magnetoresistance in the type-II Weyl semimetal WP2

Wang, Aifeng; Graf, D.; Liu, Yu; Du, Qianheng; Zheng, Jiabao; Lei, Hechang; Petrovic, C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.121107

Title: Large magnetoresistance in the type-II Weyl semimetal ${WP}_{2}$

Journal Article · Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.121107· OSTI ID:1412711

Wang, Aifeng ^[1]; Graf, D. ^[2]; Liu, Yu ^[1]; Du, Qianheng ^[3]; Zheng, Jiabao ^[4]; Lei, Hechang ^[5]; Petrovic, C. ^[3]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab.
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering; Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (China). Dept. of Physics. Beijing Key Lab. of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices

In this paper, we report a magnetotransport study on type-II Weyl semimetal WP₂ single crystals. Magnetoresistance exhibits a nonsaturating Hⁿ field dependence (14 300% at 2 K and 9 T), whereas systematic violation of Kohler's rule was observed. Quantum oscillations reveal a complex multiband electronic structure. The cyclotron effective mass close to the mass of free electron m_e was observed in quantum oscillations along the b axis, while a reduced effective mass of about 0.5 m_e was observed in α-axis quantum oscillations, suggesting Fermi surface anisotropy. The temperature dependence of the resistivity shows a large upturn that cannot be explained by the multiband magnetoresistance of conventional metals. Finally, even though the crystal structure of WP₂ is not layered as in transition-metal dichalcogenides, quantum oscillations suggest partial two-dimensional character.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; DMR-1157490

OSTI ID:: 1412711

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1389124

Report Number(s):: BNL-114525-2017-JA; R&D Project: PM016; KC0201050; TRN: US1800328

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 96, Issue 12; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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