Anomalous quantum oscillations and evidence for a non-trivial Berry phase in SmSb

Wu, Fan; Guo, Chunyu; Smidman, Michael; Zhang, Jinglei; Chen, Ye; Singleton, John; Yuan, Huiqiu

doi:10.1038/s41535-019-0161-4

Title: Anomalous quantum oscillations and evidence for a non-trivial Berry phase in SmSb

Journal Article · Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · npj Quantum Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-019-0161-4· OSTI ID:1544674

Wu, Fan ^[1]; Guo, Chunyu ^[1]; Smidman, Michael ^[1]; Zhang, Jinglei ^[2]; Chen, Ye ^[1];

^[3]; Yuan, Huiqiu ^[4]

Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei (China)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China); Nanjing Univ. (China)

Topologically non-trivial electronic structures can give rise to a range of unusual physical phenomena, and the interplay of band topology with other effects such as electronic correlations and magnetism requires further exploration. The rare earth monopnictides X(Sb,Bi) (X = lanthanide) are a large family of semimetals where these different effects may be tuned by the substitution of rare-earth elements. Here we observe anomalous behavior in the quantum oscillations of one member of this family, antiferromagnetic SmSb. The analysis of Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations provides evidence for a non-zero Berry phase, indicating a non-trivial topology of the α-band. Furthermore, striking differences are found between the temperature dependence of the amplitudes of de Haas-van Alphen effect oscillations, which are well fitted by the Lifshitz-Kosevich (LK) formula across the measured temperature range, and those from SdH measurements which show a significant disagreement with LK behavior at low temperatures. Our findings of unusual quantum oscillations in an antiferromagnetic, mixed valence semimetal with a possible non-trivial band topology can provide an opportunity for studying the interplay between topology, electronic correlations and magnetism.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1544674

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-26934

Journal Information:: npj Quantum Materials, Vol. 4, Issue 1; ISSN 2397-4648

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